Our Team

Transforming Businesses Through Exceptional Leadership

Meet Our Leadership & Specialists

Richard Jackson

Managing Director & Co-Founder

Richard is the Managing Director & Co-Founder of JacksonGrant Executive, one of Southeast Asia’s leading Industrial & Executive Search boutiques. With over 25 years of experience, he specialises in strategic hiring, succession planning, and organisational transformation, advising multinational manufacturing and supply chain companies across Thailand, ASEAN, and the wider Asia-Pacific region.

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Alexander Grant

Partner & General Manager

Alex, Partner & General Manager at JacksonGrant Executive, is a seasoned executive search professional with deep expertise in business development, labour practices, and technology. With over a decade in Thailand, he helps companies secure top leadership talent while advising on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) and the evolving role of technology in business.

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Supathra Kuratana

Senior Client Partner & Business Development Director

Supathra brings a dynamic global business perspective to JacksonGrant Executive, backed by extensive leadership experience in marketing, sales, and country management roles across global, regional, and local markets. With a strong background in FMCG and the consumer sector, she advises businesses on executive talent strategies that drive market success.

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Nicholas Padovan

Senior Client Partner, Logistics & Supply Chains

With a decade of Logistics and Supply Chain experience, Nicholas has spent his career in recruitment and talent consulting, primarily in the UK, Japan and Thailand. He has recruited across multiple sectors and led teams delivering RPO solutions and pioneering subscription-based recruitment models in Thailand. Focused on partnerships, Nicholas has an excellent track record of building lasting partnerships and creating long term value for clients and candidates alike, cultivating an extensive network across Thailand and Southeast Asia.

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Sureeporn Thumvachiraporn

Principal Consultant

With 20 years of experience in executive search, Sureeporn specialises in identifying and securing senior leadership talent across Retail, FMCG, Logistics, Pharmaceutical, Manufacturing, and Non-profit sectors. With deep expertise in Finance, Law, and Human Resources recruitment, she delivers strategic talent solutions that strengthen leadership teams in complex business environments.

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Mantita Nakharajarn

Executive Search Associate

Drawing on her experience in professional recruitment and talent acquisition, Mantita contributes to executive search through market research, talent mapping, candidate assessment, and search execution, delivering successful search outcomes.

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Working with JacksonGrant Executive

Building World-Class Leaders for
Business Transformation

At JacksonGrant Executive, we deliver transformative leadership solutions that empower businesses in Thailand and Southeast Asia to navigate critical transitions and achieve sustained growth. Through executive search, interim leadership, and strategic advisory services, we identify and develop world-class leaders who drive business reinvention and value creation. Our executive coaching and leadership development programmes equip leaders with the insights and capabilities needed to accelerate transformation, unlock potential, and shape the future of their organisations.

International Search Methodology

Access transformative leaders through a proven search methodology developed from global partnerships and industry-leading practices to align with your strategic goals.

Global Reach with Local Expertise

Gain culturally attuned leadership solutions with insights from consultants who understand your market, blending local and expatriate expertise.

Holistic Leadership Solutions

Empower your organisation with tailored solutions, including cultural intelligence training, leadership assessments, and succession planning, for long-term success.

Technology-Driven Efficiency

Enhance your hiring process with cutting-edge recruitment technology, designed to prioritise cultural fit and leadership excellence while streamlining operations.

Tailored to Your Needs

Achieve your unique business goals with customised consultancy programmes built to support your transformative journ

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Let us be a part of your success story

Our philosophy is that strong relationships build great businesses. As part of your success story, we take the time to understand what makes your business unique, so that we can better support your growth and development.

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Our Clients

Trusted By Leading Multinational Companies

JacksonGrant Executive is your gateway to executive talent, whether you're a local Thai business or an international organisation entering the Southeast Asian markets, connecting with leaders who bring the expertise and industry insight essential for thriving in key industries.

Datapath Ltd.

We have worked with JacksonGrant Executive for recruiting senior sales roles to cover Southeast Asia, our engagments are always smoothly and successfully executed. On each occasion, JacksonGrant Executive impressed us with their responsiveness, professionalism, speed, pragmatism, transparency, and general 'ease of working together' throughout the process - from understanding our business and our target candidate profile, identifying and introducing appropriate candidates, arranging interviews and 'backchannel' liasing with candidates, and appropriately advising on expectations and next best steps.

I would not hesitate to work with JacksonGrant Exeecutive for any future recruitment needs, and can confidently recommend JacksonGrant Executive to anyone seeking recruitment services in their region.

Michael Austin
Director of Sales, APAC

ECCO

JacksonGrant Executive has an effective recruiting strategy for finding the right candidate for the job. I often refer to the team as "The Match Maker." With superb customer service and excellent follow-up skills, clients are never left wondering about the status of the process. I was a candidate before becoming a client, and when the opportunity came to grow within my organisation, JacksonGrant Executive was the only name I trusted to find my successor.

Boondharika Kaweewong
Head of ECCO Leather Goods, Asia Pacific

K.E. Group

I'd like to express my heartfelt gratitude for the past few months. Working with JacksonGrant Executive has been a new yet profound experience, allowing me to gain valuable insight during our coaching sessions together. Thank you again for your listening, coaching, and support in helping me grow along the way. My next steps will be to execute all action steps consistently, and I'm excited to continue this journey!

Kavin Eiamsakulrat
Director

Lumentum International (Thailand) Co., Ltd.

As our company grows in Asia and especially in Thailand, it hasbeen a true customer experience to work with JacksonGrant Executive whilst going through the process of searching, filtering and appointing a senior executive. JacksonGrant Executive was able to quickly understand our needs very precisely, mainly because of their experience and practical understanding of the roles. We have a very succesfful partership with JacksonGrant Executive on all our professional opportunities in line with our strategy of growth. JacksonGrant Executive is able to take a lot of the heavy lifting from our shoulders to allow us to focus on the needs of the business in order to get theright mix of talent either locally or from their worldwide network. As we move forward in our growth model, JacksonGrant Executive will be in step with us, advising and supporting our challenges in executive recruitment.

Chris Parsons
Senior Vice President

East-West Seed International Ltd.

I have been working with JacksonGrant Executive both as a candidate and a client. JacksonGrant Executive has a distinctive approach to executive search: they strive to understand both the client’s and candidate’s cultures, expectations and motivations by establishing a close personal relationship with all parties. JacksonGrant Executive genuinely cares for a mutually beneficial outcome. Besides, I was personally always impressed by the follow-up post-placement.

I warmly recommend JacksonGrant Executive as a very reliable and professional partner in executive search.

Marc Phillipe
Group Chief Financial Officer

Driessen Catering Equipment

From the very start, JacksonGrant Executive was professional in its approach and genuinely interested in understanding the needs of its clients. The team took the effort to go through the details and provided timely and relevant updates and feedback throughout the whole process.

Jerry van Vive
CEO

HM.CLAUSE

JacksonGrant Executive helped us to fulfill different positions at HM CLAUSE Asia in different contexts and countries. It is very rare to find a recruitment company that understands the company culture, business needs and specially the leadership needed accordingly to the maturity of the business. JacksonGrant Executive has helped me to find excellent profiles in Asia, with a deeper assessment of company fit, and this is not through massive tests, process and tools. Through many years of experience JacksonGrant knows what is going to work or not, and is wise to give customers honest feedback. JacksonGrant will build long-term relationships with its clients, following the recruiter path to be successful for both recruitee and the company. I have worked with many external recruiters throughout my career and I can recommend JacksonGrant Executive as one of the best professional companies I have met!

Sheila Becker
Human Resources DIrector, Asia
Sheila Becker
Human Resources DIrector, Asia
JacksonGrant Executive helped us to fulfill different positions at HM CLAUSE Asia in different contexts and countries. It is very rare to find a recruitment company that understands the company culture, business needs and specially the leadership needed accordingly to the maturity of the business. JacksonGrant Executive has helped me to find excellent profiles in Asia, with a deeper assessment of company fit, and this is not through massive tests, process and tools. Through many years of experience JacksonGrant knows what is going to work or not, and is wise to give customers honest feedback.

JacksonGrant will build long-term relationships with its clients, following the recruiter path to be successful for both recruitee and the company. I have worked with many external recruiters throughout my career and I can recommend JacksonGrant Executive as one of the best professional companies I have met!
Michael Austin
Director of Sales, APAC
Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's.We have worked with JacksonGrant Executive for recruiting senior sales roles to cover Southeast Asia, our engagments are always smoothly and successfully executed. On each occasion, JacksonGrant Executive impressed us with their responsiveness, professionalism, speed, pragmatism, transparency, and general 'ease of working together' throughout the process - from understanding our business and our target candidate profile, identifying and introducing appropriate candidates, arranging interviews and 'backchannel' liasing with candidates, and appropriately advising on expectations and next best steps.

I would not hesitate to work with JacksonGrant Exeecutive for any future recruitment needs, and can confidently recommend JacksonGrant Executive to anyone seeking recruitment services in their region.
Boondharika Kaweewong
Head of ECCO Leather Goods, Asia Pacific
JacksonGrant Executive has an effective recruiting strategy for finding the right candidate for the job. I often refer to the team as "The Match Maker." With superb customer service and excellent follow-up skills, clients are never left wondering about the status of the process. I was a candidate before becoming a client, and when the opportunity came to grow within my organisation, JacksonGrant Executive was the only name I trusted to find my successor.
Kavin Eiamsakulrat
Director
I'd like to express my heartfelt gratitude for the past few months. Working with JacksonGrant Executive has been a new yet profound experience, allowing me to gain valuable insight during our coaching sessions together.

Thank you again for your listening, coaching, and support in helping me grow along the way. My next steps will be to execute all action steps consistently, and I'm excited to continue this journey!
Chris Parsons
Senior Vice President
As our company grows in Asia and especially in Thailand, it hasbeen a true customer experience to work with JacksonGrant Executive whilst going through the process of searching, filtering and appointing a senior executive. JacksonGrant Executive was able to quickly understand our needs very precisely, mainly because of their experience and practical understanding of the roles. We have a very succesfful partership with JacksonGrant Executive on all our professional opportunities in line with our strategy of growth.

JacksonGrant Executive is able to take a lot of the heavy lifting from our shoulders to allow us to focus on the needs of the business in order to get theright mix of talent either locally or from their worldwide network. As we move forward in our growth model, JacksonGrant Executive will be in step with us, advising and supporting our challenges in executive recruitment.
Marc Phillipe
Group Chief Financial Officer
I have been working with JacksonGrant Executive both as a candidate and a client. JacksonGrant Executive has a distinctive approach to executive search: they strive to understand both the client’s and candidate’s cultures, expectations and motivations by establishing a close personal relationship with all parties. JacksonGrant Executive genuinely cares for a mutually beneficial outcome. Besides, I was personally always impressed by the follow-up post-placement.

I warmly recommend JacksonGrant Executive as a very reliable and professional partner in executive search.
Jerry van Vive
CEO
From the very start, JacksonGrant Executive was professional in its approach and genuinely interested in understanding the needs of its clients.

The team took the effort to go through the details and provided timely and relevant updates and feedback throughout the whole process.