David Clifford

Mr. David Clifford serves as Chief Strategy Officer of Tectonic Advisors. In this role he is focused on product platform development, particularly of marketing and technologies that will assist in helping Tectonic Advisors continue delivering exceptional client service. From 2004 through 2011, Mr. Clifford 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. Mr. Clifford assisted in the development and marketing of alternative investment programs. Prior thereto, he worked as an Associate and Consultant in the Helsinki office at McKinsey & Company. While at McKinsey, Mr. Clifford focused on serving high technology and telecommunications companies in the Nordic region. He is also a Director of Endowment Advisers LP-Adviser at Endowment Fund, Inc. Mr. Clifford 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.