Max brings extensive experience working with Indigenous people, communities, and businesses to Mokwateh. He formerly led the research department for the Canadian Council for Indigenous Business (CCIB). Max’s work has been used to create the Federal government’s 5% procurement target for Indigenous businesses, to justify the province of Ontario’s $100 million Indigenous Economic Development Fund (IEDF), and to set corporate strategy for companies like VIA Rail, Canada Post, Enbridge, and OPG.

Max has worked with hundreds of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit communities, spending his time building relationships with a hands-on understanding of what it takes to create economic reconciliation.

He served on the Working Committee developing the Indigenous chapter for the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) alongside Global Affairs Canada and a small team of key stakeholders including the Assembly of First Nations, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, and the Métis National Council. Max was also a member of the Canadian Project Consultative Committee for The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), an international initiative for Indigenous economic development. Max currently sits on the diversity and inclusion committee for the Canadian Research Insights Council (CRIC).