Jim Clayton leaves Barings, returns to academia
Jim Clayton has been appointed to Timothy R. Price Chair at the Brookfield Centre in Real Estate & Infrastructure at Schulich School of Business at York University in Toronto.
He will help lead and establish the Brookfield Centre as a global center of excellence in teaching, research and engagement with industry and government. The Centre’s activities include Schulich’s 12-month Master of Real Estate and Infrastructure (MREI) program.
Previously, Clayton was the global investment manager of Barings Real Estate Advisers, formerly Cornerstone. He was the head of investment strategy and analytics.
Prior to that, he was director of research at PREA, and prior to that had faculty positions at the University of Cincinnati and Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
The Brookfield Centre in Real Estate & Infrastructure was established in June 2016. It is chaired by Timothy Price. Price has been the chairman of Brookfield Funds, a division of Brookfield Asset Management, since 1997 and was chairman of Brookfield Financial Corporation until December 2004.
