Mr. Pilson is a Managing Director in Houlihan Lokey’s Private Funds Group. He is based in the firm’s New York office.

Previously, Mr. Pilson was a Partner at Triago, which was acquired by Houlihan Lokey in 2024. He oversaw all secondary market origination and execution in the Americas. Prior to that, Mr. Pilson was Managing Director and Head of General Partner Advisory at Eaton Partners. While there, he focused on secondaries in the Americas and directs. Before Eaton Partners, Mr. Pilson created the secondary investment program at DuPont Capital Management. While at Dupont, he sat on 40 LPACs and committed capital to funds and directs across U.S. LBO, European LBO, venture capital, and non-correlated investment strategies. Earlier, at Deutsche Bank, Mr. Pilson was a founding member of the placement agent unit. He started his career as an Associate at Cowen Inc. (now TD Cowen).

Mr. Pilson holds a B.A. in Finance from Loyola University Maryland and an MBA in Finance from Cornell University’s Johnson Graduate School of Management.