Barbara Jesuele Becomes Getty’s First Deputy Chief Investment Officer

Barbara Jesuele has been promoted to become the first deputy chief investment officer at the J. Paul Getty Trust.

Jesuele has worked at Getty for over 20 years, working across public and private market asset classes. She started at Getty in 2002 as an analyst in private equity. She was promoted to manager of real assets in 2008, director of real assets in 2011, then managing director of real assets in 2013. She assumed responsibility for public equity in 2020 in addition to the real assets portfolio.

In her new position Jesuele will continue to oversee real assets and public equity and will deepen her engagement in long-term strategic decisions.

“We are pleased to recognize Barbara’s extensive skill and experience with this well-deserved promotion,” said James Williams, vice president and chief investment officer at Getty. “We are fortunate to have her on our team.”

Jesuele serves on a number of Limited Partner Advisory Boards across public and private funds. She was elected by industry peers to the Pension Real Estate Association (PREA) board. She serves on Getty’s Environmental Sustainability Working Group and actively works on DEAI initiatives within Getty, and broadly within the investment management industry. She is on the boards of Filipinos in Institutional Real Estate (FIIRE) and Women in Real Estate (WIRE).

Prior to Getty, Jesuele started her career at HypoVereinsbank (UniCredit) in Munich, Germany, as a credit risk analyst with the Financial Institutions Group focused on Asia.

Jesuele is fluent in German, Filipino, and English. She studied International Economic Relations at the University of Hamburg, Germany, and holds a B.A. in Management and Economics from the Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines.