Brent Burnett
Brent Burnett is a Managing Director and the Global Head of Infrastructure and Real Assets at Hamilton Lane. He is based in Portland, Oregon and is a member of the Investment Committee, the Valuation Committee, the Responsible Investment Committee and the Evergreen Portfolio Management Committee at the Firm.
In his role, Brent oversees the global infrastructure investment activities for Hamilton Lane’s commingled funds and managed accounts investing across infrastructure funds, direct assets and secondary investments.
Prior to Hamilton Lane, Brent was one of two Principal owners and a Managing Director of Real Asset Portfolio Management, where he led all infrastructure investment activities at the firm. Brent co-led the sale of Real Asset Portfolio Management to Hamilton Lane in 2017. Prior to Real Asset Portfolio Management, Brent held principal investing and advisory roles at CBRE, RVK Inc., FLAG Capital and the Monitor Group.
Brent represents Hamilton Lane on company and fund advisory boards.
Brent received a BA in Economics and a BS in Accounting from Brigham Young University.
Featured Content
Latin America's Untapped Infrastructure Potential
A Q&A with our Infrastructure team and esteemed private market infrastructure experts on the investment opportunity in Latin America today.
The State of Private Infrastructure in 2025
This year, we shined a spotlight on four key trends shaping the private infrastructure market in 2025 – from infrastructure fundraising to secondaries.
What's Driving Private Infrastructure Growth?
Our experts analyze the macroeconomic trends and asset-level dynamics fueling the growing interest in private infrastructure.
Infrastructure Investments in Motion that Will Stay in Motion
Head of Infrastructure and Real Assets Brent Burnett shares insights on how critical infrastructure projects like data centers, telecom towers and renewable energy assets are attracting capital and yielding strong returns.
Brent Burnett on Institutional Investing in Infrastructure: Part 1
Head of Infrastructure and Real Assets Brent Burnett was featured in Institutional Investing in Infrastructure's video series, sharing insight on interest rates, inflation and valuations in the infrastructure asset class.
Building Economic Opportunity with Private Infrastructure
In the face of higher interest rates and upcoming elections, where are the opportunities for private infrastructure investing in North America and the EU?
The Devil Is in the Details: Middle-Market Infrastructure Investing
The Real Assets Team discusses the opportunity set within middle-market infrastructure investing and why investors might want to take another look.
Into the Un-‘Known'
“It’s not what you don’t know that gets you in trouble. It’s what you ‘know’…that just ain’t so.” Though unconfirmed, this quote is often attributed to Mark Twain. Regardless of the source, there is a lot of wisdom in this old saying. We are weary of the unknown yet embrace what we feel as “known” without question.
On the Right “Tack”: Navigating the Complexities of the Energy Transition
You could be forgiven, dear reader, for looking twice at the headline, thinking we probably just misspelled “track.” But if you know us, you know we love a good sporting analogy.
Infrastructure Investor: US infra bill is ‘a big step in the right direction'
Beyond the $1trn in funding, the bill clarifies the federal government's role, paving the way for 'private investors … to participate', Brent Burnett, the firm’s co-head of real assets, says.
Crossroads: Hamilton Lane Talks Infrastructure
Co-head of Real Assets Brent Burnett joins Crossroads to discuss how pension funds are viewing real asset allocations to GPs amidst ESG and expanded offerings amongst fund managers, such as infra credit or energy transition-specific platforms.
