Brent Burnett
Brent is a Managing Director and Head of Infrastructure and Real Assets, based in the Portland office, where he is an Investment Committee member and leads investment activities across real estate, infrastructure and natural resources.
Prior to joining Hamilton Lane, Brent was a Managing Director and Principal of Real Asset Portfolio Management LLC. Brent joined Real Asset Portfolio Management LLC in 2012 to focus on energy, infrastructure and minerals and mining, with a secondary focus on real estate investments. Brent co-led the sale of Real Asset Portfolio Management to Hamilton Lane in 2017 and continues to focus on the non-real estate sectors of real assets across primary funds, secondaries and direct equity opportunities for Hamilton Lane’s clients and managed accounts. Prior to joining RAPM, Brent worked at R.V. Kuhns & Associates. Prior to joining RVK, Brent worked in the Development and Investment group of Trammell Crow Company and as an Associate on FLAG Capital Management’s Real Assets investment funds. Brent began his career as a management consultant for the Monitor Group.
Brent received a B.S. in Accounting and a B.A. in Economics from Brigham Young University.
Featured Content
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.
Navigating ESG Complexities Through the Energy Transition
The transition to shift to cleaner and more sustainable forms of energy is a complex process, one in which infrastructure must play a critical role. How can responsible infrastructure investing play a part in supporting the energy transition? We discuss this and more in our Q&A.
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.
For Whom the Road Tolls: Part I
The Strategic Importance of Infrastructure in the U.S. and the Shifting Role of Public and Private Capital
For Whom the Road Tolls: Part II
The Dilemma: Why U.S. Regulatory Hurdles Hinder Infrastructure Investment
For Whom the Road Tolls: Part III
A Potential Solution: Biden’s Ambitious & Encompassing Infrastructure Plan
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.
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