Healthcare Property Trust Fund Management Team

Chris joined Australian Unity in 2001. He is responsible for all aspects of management for the Australian Unity Healthcare Property Trust, including strategy, asset management, property management, acquisition, and disposals. 

Before joining Australian Unity, Chris was Regional Asset Manager Victoria for the Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) Shopping Centre Division, following several years with JLL NSW and a successful 16-year career with Coles Myer. 

Chris holds a Post Graduate Certificate of Business Administration from RMIT, a Certificate IV in Property Services (Real Estate), and is a licensed real estate agent.

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On 20 January 2025, Vijitha (Viji) Yogavaran was appointed to the position of Fund Manager for the Healthcare Property Trust. Viji brings over 20 years of real estate funds management experience to the role, spanning asset management, capital transactions, treasury, accounting and finance and corporate governance.

Prior to Australian Unity, Vijitha was the Fund Manager at Centuria Healthcare, where she managed a portfolio of healthcare property funds. She has also held senior roles at Investa Property Group, having worked in an ASX-listed office fund, an institutional mandate and Investa’s balance sheet portfolio. Vijitha is a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.

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James is responsible for the management of Australian Unity's Aged Care Property Trust, having recently transitioned from an asset management role focusing on aged care and other healthcare properties.

He has 25 years’ experience in the management of listed and unlisted property trusts with a focus on healthcare property. He has held fund management, portfolio management, asset management, development financing, leasing, asset modelling, investment product creation and capital transactions responsibilities duringhis career.
Prior to re-joining Australian Unity’s Healthcare Property management team in December 2017, he was employed by Canadian listed group NorthWestHealthcare Properties REIT in an asset management capacity.

From 2004 to 2014, James was employed at Arena REIT (and predecessor groups Orchard FM and SAITeysMcMahon) as a fund manager and portfolio manager for various unlisted property funds primarily invested in healthcare property. This is James’ second term with the Australian Unity funds management business, having previously worked with the business from 1999 to2004.

His academic qualifications include a Bachelor of Business (Property), a Bachelor of Arts (Humanities) and a Master of Applied Finance.

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Sam joined Australian Unity in 2018 as a Portfolio Analyst in the Social Infrastructure team and in 2021 was promoted to the senior portfolio Analyst for the healthcare Property Trust. Previously, Sam was a Graduate Analyst and Analyst at Churston Investment Partners which focused on real estate investment and advisory with a specific focus within the corporate and structured finance, investment management and development sector. Sam has a Masters Degree in Finance from RMIT and a Bachelors Degree in Finance and Entrepreneurship from Swinburne University of Technology.

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