Former JLL Apac CEO Anthony Couse joins Elevate Capital as partner
Couse put in more than 35 years at JLL. His previous function at the business was as Apac chief executive officer, a spot he carried between 2016 and January 2025. Before that, he was supervising director for Eastern China and Shanghai for more than a decade, and also spent 12 years at JLL’s Hong Kong office.
Elevate Capital Group has really publicized the appointment of Anthony Couse as a partner. According to a Sept 8 news release, Couse, the previous CEO for Asia Pacific (Apac) at JLL, are going to work with Elevate builder and managing partner Ashish Manchharam to “accelerate the company’s expansion, with a focus on scaling investor collaborations, expanding purchases, and boosting property monitoring plans”.
The next year, he built Elevate. Based in Singapore, the boutique real estate financial investment and asset management business specialize in “lifestyle-centric real estate investments”.
Manchharam even started his job at JLL. He spent over 12 years at the company, where he paid attention to financial investment deals and resources markets throughout Hong Kong, Singapore, and the larger area. In 2014, he departed JLL and subsequently started realty investment company 8M Real Estate. In 2023, Manchharam got out 8M Real Estate, selling off his allotment in the business to Hong Kong-based Crane Capital for a confidential sum.
” Anthony and I have had the benefit of interacting over the years, and I have actually continually appreciated his capacity to get through complicated markets with quality and firmness,” says Manchharam.
” Signing up with Elevate at this period in its growth is a great chance to help scale a business with strong momentum and a clear goal,” states Couse. “I look forward to teaming up with Ashish and the group to grow our investor base, grow our profile, and produce prolonged value.”
In August 2024, Elevate acquired Stamford Court, a commercial building on Hill Street in the Downtown Core, in a joint venture with PGIM Real Estate for $132 million. Repositioning and asset enhancement works are currently being carried out at the property development, that is targeted to resume in the very first part of 2026.
