Marc Giuffrida has been appointed by Westbridge Funds Management as its new head of capital, to be based in the Sydney office.
Giuffrida has over 20 years of experience in real estate and financial markets, in capital formation for real estate equity and debt investments across Australia, New Zealand and Asia.
As head of capital, Giuffrida will lead partnerships focused on the east coast market.
Westbridge Funds Management has this month spent more than $30 million acquiring a high-grade manufacturing facility in Brisbane which will seed a new industrial real estate fund, whil a decision in 2017 by Westbridge to focus on Melbourne’s growing appeal as an industrial hub has just paid off, with the divestment a warehouse asset in Ravenhall for $18 million, having acquired it in 2017 for $8.86 million.