Ghali Asad helps real estate owners, developers, investment firms and property management companies hire across operations, finance, construction, leasing and legal.
From a portfolio property manager to a CFO or senior in-house attorney, we connect the search to your assets, operating model and business priorities. NYC based. Nationwide reach.
21 years in executive search · Cross-functional real estate recruiting · Personally led relationships
Different assets and operating models require different experience. We define the work, then identify the people equipped to do it.
Leaders and professionals who manage properties, people and service delivery.
Talent matched to your entities, reporting structure and financial complexity.
Professionals who coordinate delivery across budgets, schedules and stakeholders.
People who keep leasing activity, coordination and tenant communication moving.
Legal talent aligned with your properties, transactions and business requirements.
Leadership and functional talent for the organization behind the assets.
An owner-operated residential portfolio has different needs from a commercial investment platform or a national retail property organization. We shape the search around those differences.
Recruit for portfolio oversight, property-level management, leasing coordination and the finance team supporting daily operations.
Support leadership, finance, legal and operational hiring for growing organizations with multiple entities, assets and stakeholders.
Find project and functional leadership aligned with the project scope, stage of development, capital plan and owner-side responsibilities.
Define the relevant asset experience, from multifamily and office to retail properties and mixed portfolios. Establish whether specific property-type experience is essential.
Examples of search work, kept anonymous to respect client relationships.
Search work for a New York-area real estate business has included portfolio property management and leasing coordination, with attention to operational ownership, property experience and the expectations of an on-site team.
Work with a real estate investment organization has covered controller, finance director, tax and treasury roles. Requirements have included relevant real estate experience, accounting qualifications and the ability to operate in a multi-entity environment.
Recruiting assignments for a national commercial property organization have included construction and specialty retail project management roles, with searches shaped around the responsibilities of the property owner and operator.
Real estate-related search work has included senior staff attorney, real estate paralegal, and legal and compliance management roles. The focus is on relevant property, transaction and business experience.
Evaluate the candidate’s actual responsibilities against your assets, team structure and operating demands.
Clarify the relevant property types, portfolio scale, locations and business model. Assess what transfers from another setting and what truly requires direct experience.
Explore what the candidate personally managed: teams, vendors, budgets, tenants, reporting, projects or financial processes. Distinguish support experience from independent responsibility.
Connect property operations hiring with finance, legal, construction and business support. Coordinate complementary hires around the needs of one organization.
Draw on 21 years of search relationships and focused market mapping. Engage relevant professionals who may not be actively applying for advertised roles.
Discuss location, travel, work model, systems, compensation and the reporting relationship early. Assess communication with owners, tenants, lenders and internal teams where relevant.
Work directly with Ghali, supported by his recruiting group and national network. Weekly updates and candid market feedback keep the search connected to your priorities.
A focused process from search planning through interviews, offer discussions and the transition.
Discuss the assets, operating structure, business priorities and role responsibilities. Align on essential experience, compensation and location.
Identify relevant employers, portfolios and professional backgrounds. Use targeted research and relationship-led outreach to engage candidates.
Explore ownership, scope, systems, motivation and expectations. Present candidates with a clear rationale and areas for further assessment.
Coordinate interviews and feedback, support offer discussions and maintain communication through the start. Share market feedback as the search develops.
Ghali Asad brings 21 years of executive search experience and a background founding and operating his own recruiting business. His real estate work spans property operations, finance, accounting, treasury, construction project management and legal hiring.
Based in New York City, Ghali works with his recruiting group and national relationships to support local businesses and organizations across the United States. The search starts with the work the hire needs to own and the context in which they will perform.
Clients work directly with Ghali on search priorities, candidate discussions and decisions. A broader recruiting practice across finance, legal and executive leadership helps connect the different functions that make a real estate business run.
We support property and portfolio management, accounting and finance, construction and development project management, leasing, legal, compliance and executive leadership searches. Each assignment is scoped around the responsibilities and experience required.
Yes. We support property management recruiting in New York City and the surrounding region, including Westchester, Long Island and New Jersey, as well as searches nationwide.
Yes. We define the portfolio footprint, travel expectations, work location and regional responsibilities before outreach. Searches can focus on headquarters leadership, regional operations or individual properties.
Yes. We discuss the property types and relevant experience required, including multifamily, office, retail and mixed portfolios. Direct asset-type experience is evaluated according to the role.
Yes. Finance and accounting searches can cover executive leadership through staff-level roles, with attention to multi-entity accounting, property reporting, tax, treasury and the organization’s systems.
Yes. Real estate-related searches include counsel, attorneys, paralegals and legal or compliance leadership. We clarify the required transaction, property and owner/operator experience at kickoff.
We agree on a disclosure plan before outreach. The opportunity is described appropriately, candidate interest is discussed before presentation and sensitive information is shared on a need-to-know basis.
Timing depends on the role, asset experience, compensation, location and candidate market. We agree on a search plan and terms in writing, with retained, engagement-based or contingency options discussed according to scope.
Tell me about your portfolio, the role you need to fill and the responsibilities the person will own. We’ll start with a practical conversation about the search.
Real estate recruiting · Property management search · Real estate finance · Construction & legal hiring
For owners, developers, investors and property management leaders.
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