Former JLL Apac CEO Anthony Couse joins Elevate Capital as partner
In August 2024, Elevate gotten Stamford Court, a commercial structure on Hill Street in the Downtown Core, in a joint project with PGIM Real Estate for $132 million. Repositioning and asset improvement works are currently being carried out at the development, which is targeted to resume in the first part of 2026.
Elevate Capital Group has introduced the appointment of Anthony Couse as an affiliate. According to a Sept 8 press release, Couse, the previous CEO for Asia Pacific (Apac) at JLL, will collaborate with Elevate founder and regulating associate Ashish Manchharam to “accelerate the firm’s expansion, with a focus on scaling investor partnerships, increasing acquisitions, and enhancing property monitoring guidelines”.
Manchharam also began his profession at JLL. He put in beyond 12 years at the company, where he worked on investment offers and capital markets throughout Hong Kong, Singapore, and the larger region. In 2014, he departed JLL and consequently founded real estate investment firm 8M Real Estate. In 2023, Manchharam left 8M Real Estate, offering his stake in the firm to Hong Kong-based Crane Capital for an undisclosed amount.
Couse spent over 35 years at JLL. His past role at the business was as Apac chief executive officer, a role he kept between 2016 and January 2025. Prior to that, he was managing supervisor for Eastern China and Shanghai for throughout a decade, and also spent 12 years at JLL’s Hong Kong workplace.
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” Anthony and I have had the opportunity of interacting over the years, and I have actually continually appreciated his capability to browse complicated markets with clarity and firmness,” states Manchharam.
” Signing up with Elevate at this phase in its progress is a great chance to help scale a business with strong momentum and a certain vision,” says Couse. “I anticipate working with Ashish and the group to deepen our financier base, grow our profile, and develop long-term worth.”
The following year, he opened Elevate. Based in Singapore, the boutique real estate financial investment and property management firm specialize in “lifestyle-centric realty investments”.
