Former JLL Apac CEO Anthony Couse joins Elevate Capital as partner
Elevate Capital Group has really introduced the appointment of Anthony Couse as an affiliate. According to a Sept 8 news release, Couse, the former chief executive officer for Asia Pacific (Apac) at JLL, will work with Elevate founder and regulating affiliate Ashish Manchharam to “speed up the company’s growth, with a focus on scaling investor collaborations, expanding procurements, and improving property supervision strategies”.
” Signing up with Elevate at this period in its development is a wonderful chance to help scale a firm with strong energy and a certain outlook,” states Couse. “I anticipate coordinating with Ashish and the group to deepen our financier base, grow our profile, and produce long-term worth.”
Couse put in more than 35 years at JLL. His past duty at the company was as Apac CEO, a position he held between 2016 and January 2025. Prior to that, he was regulating director for Eastern China and Shanghai for more than a decade, and likewise spent 12 years at JLL’s Hong Kong workplace.
In August 2024, Elevate acquired Stamford Court, a commercial building on Hill Street in the Downtown Core, in a joint project with PGIM Realty for $132 million. Repositioning and asset improvement works are currently being carried out at the property development, that is targeted to resume in the first part of 2026.
Manchharam even began his career at JLL. He spent beyond 12 years at the business, where he paid attention to financial investment offers and funding markets throughout Hong Kong, Singapore, and the larger region. In 2014, he left JLL and consequently started real estate investment firm 8M Real Estate. In 2023, Manchharam got out 8M Real Estate, offering his stake in the company to Hong Kong-based Crane Capital for a concealed sum.
The next year, he established Elevate. Based in Singapore, the boutique realty financial investment and property management firm specialize in “lifestyle-centric real property investments”.
” Anthony and I have had the advantage of collaborating over the years, and I have indeed continually appreciated his capability to get through intricate markets with quality and firmness,” mentions Manchharam.
