Chicago, IL, June 8, 2026 – Harrison Street Asset Management (“HSAM” or the “Firm”), a leading alternative global investment management firm with over $109 billion in assets under management through highly differentiated assets across infrastructure, real estate and credit strategies, announced the appointment of Jill Brosig to Global Chief Innovation Officer.
In this expanded leadership role, Brosig will oversee HSAM’s firmwide innovation agenda, partnering across investment, operational and corporate teams to identify, advance and scale strategic initiatives that support the firm’s long-term growth and competitive positioning. She will focus on accelerating innovation across key areas, including artificial intelligence, business intelligence tools and solutions, and new business initiatives designed to enhance HSAM’s investment and operating capabilities.
In addition to these new responsibilities, Brosig will continue to oversee the firm’s Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) and sustainability efforts, chairing the ESG Committee and leading the team responsible for the measurement, management, reporting and enhancement of HSAM’s ESG initiatives.
Brosig has been with the firm for more than 16 years, playing a central role in shaping and executing several of its strategic priorities. Throughout her tenure, she has led initiatives spanning sustainability, operational excellence and innovation, bringing a distinctive combination of technical expertise, analytical rigor and strategic leadership that has helped shape the firm’s long-term growth and value creation strategy.
“Jill has consistently demonstrated an ability to identify opportunities at the intersection of innovation, technology and operational excellence,” said Christopher Merrill, Global Chief Executive Officer of Harrison Street Asset Management. “Innovation has been core to our approach for decades, shaping how we evolve our platform, create value and deliver strong outcomes for our investors. As we continue to build HSAM and invest in the future, Jill’s vision and multidisciplinary expertise will be instrumental in helping us identify new opportunities to advance operational excellence and strengthen our competitive advantage.”
Building on her longstanding leadership of the firm’s ESG and sustainability initiatives, Brosig helped establish HSAM’s ESG platform as one of the industry’s most respected programs, contributing to a more than 70% reduction in carbon emissions across the firm’s alternative real assets portfolios over a five-year period while aligning sustainability initiatives with investment objectives.
She also pioneered several of the firm’s innovation and venture investment initiatives, identifying and investing in companies focused on improving outcomes across HSAM’s real assets platforms. These efforts included technologies designed to support enhanced care and quality of life for memory care residents, improve building efficiency and operations, advance sustainability initiatives and enhance the overall resident and customer experience across the firm’s portfolio. She has also developed partnerships with leading institutions including Mayo Clinic, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Maastricht University.
Brosig began her career as a physicist and previously held roles at Motorola, where she became a Six Sigma Master Black Belt, as well as Argonne National Laboratory and KMS Fusion. She also holds several patents and publications and received Best Presentation honors at the annual MOOT CORP® Global Business Plan competition.
Brosig holds a Bachelor of Science in Physics from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from The Ohio State University and an MBA from Northwestern University.
The appointment follows the successful integration of HSAM, a global investment platform uniting complementary capabilities across real estate, infrastructure and credit, which was announced in October 2025.
About Harrison Street Asset Management
Harrison Street Asset Management is a leading global alternative investment management firm with over $109 billion in assets under management through highly differentiated assets across real estate, infrastructure, and credit strategies. Headquartered in Chicago, Toronto and London with over 600 employees in offices across North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, the firm offers innovative solutions across a variety of closed-end, open-end and specialized vehicles on behalf of 1,100+ institutional and over 300+ Registered Investment Advisors.1
1 HSAM data and descriptions of HSAM’s business are generally comprised of the aggregated data and business activities of investment advisors that are owned in whole or in part by HSAM. Assets under management (“AUM”) reflects the AUM for the investment advisory and asset management clients of such investment advisors and is inclusive of the regulatory AUM of such investment advisors that is reported in their respective Form ADVs.
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