DEVELOPMENT FINANCE
PRIVATE CAPITAL
POLICY

Max is a commercial and operational leader with a career built at the intersection of development finance, private capital, and policy.

He began at a San Francisco investment group partnered with the Nakhodka Free Economic Zone on an infrastructure initiative supported by the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) and the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), now DFC, as part of a planned $100 million regional commitment — providing him early hands-on exposure to cross-border project finance and supply-chain execution.

That foundation led to advising stakeholders on a Silicon Valley–Kyiv real estate project involving the acquisition and redevelopment of six hotels, including operational assessments and reviews of management agreements with global operators such as Hilton, Sheraton, and Radisson.

Turning to compliance, Max worked alongside Protiviti — the risk and regulatory consulting firm built from Arthur Andersen's former practice — securing multiple multimillion-dollar Sarbanes-Oxley engagements that included Silicon Valley's largest, setting a new companywide benchmark.

In 2006, he co-founded Execuforce, scaling the IPO, regulatory-compliance, and leadership-search firm to more than $1 million in revenue in its first year.

Max holds an M.A. in International Policy Studies and a B.A. in International Relations from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies.