Irene Rajarigam
Irene Rajarigam is a Capital Markets Associate on the Real Estate team at Brookfield Asset Management. She focuses on the execution of real estate investments and financings across Brookfield's global real estate platform. In her role, Irene is involved in a wide range of capital markets activities, including acquisitions, joint ventures, refinancing transactions, and strategic capital initiatives.
Prior to joining Brookfield in 2026, Irene was on Wells Fargo’s Commercial Real Estate team. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Economics with a double major in Politics and Philosophy from the University of Pittsburgh in 2017 and completed her MBA at Eastern University in 2024. Her capstone project, which proposed a model for transforming underutilized office space into affordable housing inspired by the shifting dynamics of commercial real estate during the COVID-19 pandemic, earned the Capstone Project Award and the honor of serving as the graduate commencement speaker.
Outside of work, Irene serves as Vice President of the Church Council at Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church in Drexel Hill, PA, and as the elected young adult representative to the Southeastern Pennsylvania Synod Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America since May 2025.