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| Item 5.02 | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
On October 1, 2025, Brookfield Private Equity Fund GP LLC, the general partner (the “General Partner”) of Brookfield Private Equity Fund LP (the “Fund”) appointed Laura Newinski to the Fund’s board of directors (the “Board”) as an independent director (“Independent Director”). The Board appointed Ms. Newinski to be the chair of the Board’s audit committee (the “Audit Committee”). The appointment Ms. Newinski brings the total number of directors to five, three of whom are independent of the Fund, as determined by the Board.
Laura Newinski, (60) is a member of the Board and serves as an Independent Director and chair of the Audit Committee. Ms. Newinski is a seasoned executive and global board leader with experience guiding Fortune 500 companies through financial oversight, enterprise transformation, and operational innovation. Ms. Newinski served as the Deputy Chair of the board of KPMG LLP and Director of the board of KPMG International from 2020 until June 2025 and served on the Audit, Compensation, Governance and Investment Committees. Most recently, Ms. Newinski served from 2020 until June 2025 as the Chief Operating Officer of KPMG LLP and previously served as the Vice Chair of Operations. At KPMG, Ms. Newinski led audit, tax and advisory businesses and firmwide strategy, developed generative AI strategy and led operations including finance, technology, cybersecurity, real estate, enterprise risk and internal audit. Ms. Newinski has a B.B.A. from the University of Iowa, an M.B.T. from the University of Minnesota and is a licensed CPA in Florida, New York and Minnesota.
Ms. Newinski has not been appointed to serve as a director pursuant to any arrangement or understanding with the Fund or any other person and there are no transactions in which Ms. Newinski has an interest requiring disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K. Ms. Newinski will receive the standard compensation paid by the Fund to its independent directors as further described in “Item 6. Executive Compensation-Compensation of Directors” of the Fund’s Registration Statement on Form 10 filed on August 22, 2025 and such description is incorporated herein by reference.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| BROOKFIELD PRIVATE EQUITY FUND LP | ||
| Date: October 6, 2025 | By: | /s/ Craig Ruckman |
| Name: | Craig Ruckman | |
| Title: | Assistant Secretary | |