Leadership

Max Fillingham

Director

Max is an executive search consultant specializing in the U.S. real estate market, partnering with investors, developers, and operators across all major asset classes. Combining analytical depth with a relationship-led approach, he delivers both executive search and mid-level recruitment solutions that strengthen leadership benches and enhance operational capability.

He works across acquisitions, originations, asset management, development, portfolio management, and capital markets-connecting organizations with professionals who drive performance and execute growth strategies with precision. His placements have contributed to more than $20 billion in deployed, managed, and raised capital.

With a focus on long-term partnership and market intelligence, Max has established a reputation for aligning exceptional talent with firms shaping the future of the U.S. real estate landscape.

David Tran

Director

David is a specialist in Private Equity executive search, operating at the intersection of leadership, capital, and value creation. Having trained under an industry veteran with over a decade of PE-focused search expertise, David has developed a data-driven, relationship-led model connecting transformative leadership talent with investment platforms across the lower-middle to upper-middle market.

He has built a network of over a thousand PE-backed executives, each with proven capability in driving growth and delivering successful exits. This network spans 20+ private equity funds, where strategic introductions have contributed to portfolio-level value acceleration and enhanced exit multiples.

Partnering with advisers who have exited more than 50 PE-backed businesses achieving returns of 3x-7x MOIC, David has established a reputation for precision placement, market intelligence, and access to exceptional investment professionals and C-suite leaders.