Michael Brand Joins Aksia’s Real Assets Team

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aksia is pleased to announce that Michael Brand has joined the firm as Managing Director, further strengthening its real assets platform.

Brand will be an integral part of the leadership team guiding real assets. He will oversee real assets investment programs, with a focus on portfolio design and implementation. With over 21 years of global private markets experience, Brand brings deep expertise to the team.

“Michael’s extensive experience in the real assets space will strengthen our team’s capabilities throughout the asset class. His deep knowledge of the dynamic sector enables our clients to take advantage of opportunities throughout real estate, infrastructure, and natural resources,” said Jim Vos, CEO of Aksia.

Before joining Aksia in 2024, Brand served as the Global Head of Real Assets at Mercer Investments, where he led a team of over 30 investment professionals and managed the firm’s real assets investment activities, including investment due diligence, portfolio management, and research across real estate, infrastructure, natural resources, and other real asset sectors. Prior to Mercer, Brand was a Managing Director in the Real Assets Investment Group at Cambridge Associates for over nine years, focused on investment due diligence and portfolio management across all real asset sectors. He also served as chair of the firm’s real assets investment committee and was a voting member of several other committees. Brand previously held investment roles at Franklin Park, Halcyon Asset Management, Moody’s, and Reuters Loan Pricing Corporation.

As Aksia continues to expand its global real assets team with experienced professionals, Michael Brand’s expertise will be instrumental in advising the firm’s clients on the ever-changing real assets sector.

About Aksia:

Aksia has over $347 billion of assets under supervision of alternatives investments inclusive of $320 billion of assets under advisement and $27 billion of assets under management. Aksia provides alternative investment solutions to institutional investors globally out of offices in North America, Europe and Asia. Aksia employs over 470 professionals and is 100% employee owned, serving clients including public pensions, corporate pensions, healthcare organizations, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies, endowments and foundations, and financial institutions.