David Clifford

David Clifford serves as Chief Strategy Officer of Tectonic Financial. He is the architect of the firm's product platform development, with a focus on strengthening business relationships, delivering services in new ways and continuously improving the client experience. An accomplished thought leader, David collaborates with Tectonic's professionals to achieve the firm's strategic vision, designing programs that create organizational and financial strength and enable innovation and growth.

Prior to Tectonic, David served as the Director of Marketing and Intermediary Services at Salient Partners, LP and was responsible for retail sales and distribution efforts. He also served as the Head of Salient’s Sales and Distribution Platform, where he assisted in the development and marketing of alternative investment programs.

David began his career as an Associate and Consultant in the Helsinki office at McKinsey & Company. While at McKinsey, David focused on serving high technology and telecommunications companies in the Nordic region.

David was the salutatorian of his Helsinki School of Economics MBA program (Finance/Information Technology, 2002) and holds a BBA in Finance from the University of Texas at Austin, where he was a National Merit Scholar.