Qualitas makes changes to leadership team

Alternative real estate investment manager, Qualitas has announced the appointment of its senior executive, Tim Johansen, to the newly created role of Global Head of Investment and Funds Risk while Dean Winterton has been appointed as Global Head of Capital to fill the vacated role.

Johansen, who would continue to be part of the executive team and the investment committee, has worked with Qualitas for 11 years and led the real estate debt team for eight of those years, before he became responsible for the capital distribution team as Global Head of Capital.

He has experience across both capital and investments as well as in new fund development.

His new role would also subsume the current chief risk officer role and, as a result, Qualitas’ previous chief risk officer Rob McLellan would be leaving the company.

Commenting on Johansen’s appointment, the firm’s group managing director and co-founder, Andrew Schwartz, said: “Qualitas had regard to the fact that Tim has a strong understanding of both the assessment of transaction risk and the capital distribution aspects of our business.

“As we continue to scale our funds across both debt and equity, it is important that the board appoint an individual who deeply understand the Qualitas risk culture (including our strong track record of disciplined management), has worked with Qualitas for a long period at the most senior level of the organisation and can bring that wealth of experience to everyday decision making required over various portfolios.”

Winterton, who would fill the role vacated by Johansen, was a co-founder of Chauvel Capital Partners (CCP), a boutique real estate fund manager, and would bring more than 20 years of experience of global institutional capital raising experience having previously held senior leadership roles with AMP Capital, Perpetual Limited and Prudential PLC.