Season 1, Episode 1

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February 17, 2023

Setting the Scene: The Mission

Season 1, Episode 1

Featuring Mark Carney and Connor Teskey

In our first episode, we hear from Mark Carney, Vice Chair of Brookfield Asset Management and Head of Transition Investing. He's joined by Connor Teskey, Managing Partner, Head of Brookfield’s Renewable Power & Transition Group and Chief Executive Officer of Brookfield Renewable Partners. They discuss the carbon budget, the economic, geopolitical and operational inputs toward reducing climate risk, and Brookfield’s mission to power the global transition to net-zero carbon emissions.

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Mark Carney

Chair, Brookfield Asset Management; Head of Transition Investing

Mark Carney is the Chair of Brookfield Asset Management and Head of Transition Investing. In this role, he is focused on the development of products for investors that will combine positive social and environmental outcomes with strong risk-adjusted returns.

Mr. Carney is an economist and banker who served as the Governor of the Bank of England from 2013 to 2020, and prior to that as Governor of the Bank of Canada from 2008 until 2013. He was Chairman of the Financial Stability Board from 2011 to 2018. Prior to his governorships, Mr. Carney worked at Goldman Sachs as well as the Canadian Department of Finance.

He is a long-time and well-known advocate for sustainability, specifically with regard to the management and reduction of climate risks. He is currently the United Nations Special Envoy for Climate Action and Finance and Co-Chair for the Glasgow Finance Alliance for Net Zero. 

He is also Chair of the Group of Thirty and Bloomberg LP’s Board of Directors, as well as an external member of the Board of Stripe, a member of the Global Advisory Board of PIMCO, Harvard University, Rideau Hall Foundation, Bilderberg, the Peterson Institute for International Economics, the Blavatnik School at Oxford, and the Hoffman Institute for Global Business and Society at INSEAD, Cultivo, Senior counsellor of the MacroAdvisory Partners, and Advisor of the Watershed as well as President of Chatham House.

Mr. Carney holds doctorate and master’s degrees from Oxford University and a bachelor’s degree in Economics from Harvard University.

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Connor Teskey

President, Brookfield Asset Management; CEO Renewable Power & Transition

Connor Teskey is President of Brookfield Asset Management. He is also the head of Brookfield’s Renewable Power & Transition business and Chief Executive Officer of Brookfield Renewable Partners. In this role, he is responsible for investments, operations and the expansion of the Renewable Power & Transition business.

Mr. Teskey joined Brookfield in 2012 and has held a variety of investment and management roles. Prior to Brookfield, he worked in corporate debt origination at a Canadian bank.

Mr. Teskey holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Western Ontario.

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