Qualitas has appointed Jesse Curtis as head of direct real estate, Australia, effective July 2026.
The appointment is a key milestone in Qualitas’ strategy to build a full-spectrum real estate investment platform, complementing its established and market-leading private credit business. The expansion of the direct real estate platform was identified as a core growth initiative in Qualitas’ IPO Prospectus and is being executed from a position of strength, with Qualitas delivering record earnings and funds under management of approximately A$10.9 billion ($7.8 billion).
Curtis will be based in Sydney and will lead the growth of Qualitas’ direct real estate funds management business, deploying third-party capital across core, core-plus and value-add real estate strategies, with a mandate to originate, acquire and actively manage assets internally. The business will build on a portfolio of approximately A$1 billion ($715 million) in gross assets, predominantly throug
