Jordan Clarkson – Director
Jordan brings nearly 20 years of executive recruitment experience across financial services, market research, fintech, trading, and data-driven businesses throughout the Asia Pacific region.
He specialises in front office, research, strategy, sales and senior commercial leadership roles, partnering with clients across investment banking, asset management, fintech, market data and intelligence. Jordan is known for his deep industry relationships, strong commercial instinct, and his ability to navigate complex, multi-stakeholder hiring processes across highly competitive markets.
Over the course of his career, he has supported organisations ranging from global financial institutions to high growth technology and data firms, leading searches across Singapore, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Sydney. This includes first on the ground senior hires, regional build outs, and the establishment of new commercial and research teams for businesses entering Asia Pacific for the first time.
Jordan co-founded Clarkson Executive in 2013. He takes a consultative, commercially minded approach to search, working closely with leadership teams to understand not just the role, but the broader business strategy behind each hire. He is focused on building long term partnerships that create sustained value for both clients and candidates across the region.
Alana Clarkson – Director
Alana is an executive recruiter with a strong background in financial markets, compliance and commercial hiring across Asia Pacific. She began her career in equity markets before moving into senior roles at ASX Limited, where she worked in market control, surveillance and regulatory oversight across listed and derivatives markets.
This background gives Alana a deep, practical understanding of how financial markets, regulation and risk operate, which she brings into her work in executive search. She specialises in sales, account management, customer success, compliance, governance, regulatory and trading adjacent roles for financial institutions, fintechs, market data providers and market research platforms.
Alana is particularly active in the data, intelligence and research vendor space, working with global platforms across credit, private capital, financial data, compliance, and consumer and market insight. She regularly supports clients hiring revenue generating and client facing talent, including enterprise sales, strategic account managers and customer success leaders, across Sydney, Singapore, Hong Kong and Tokyo.
Known for her direct style, strong domain knowledge and commercial focus, Alana is trusted on searches where understanding both the product and the client relationship is critical. She co-founded Clarkson Executive in 2013 and continues to work closely with regional and global clients on strategic, hires across APAC.