Andrea Balkan is a Managing Partner in Brookfield’s Real Estate Group, responsible for the overall management of Brookfield’s real estate finance funds. Ms. Balkan has held several senior management positions across the organization. 

Prior to joining Brookfield in 2002, she was a Director at Merrill Lynch in New York in the investment banking and debt capital markets groups, where she was responsible for conduit and large loan origination business, and before that, a Managing Director at Chase Manhattan Bank. 

Ms. Balkan holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Wesleyan University and completed Chemical Bank’s credit training program.