Clay Chandler

Clay Chandler is Fortune’s Executive Editor for Asia. From his base in Hong Kong, Clay oversees Fortune’s editorial operations and conference strategy in the region and contributes to the magazine and Fortune.com. Clay serves as a Chair or Co-chair of some of Fortune’s most influential business events, including the Fortune Global Forum, the Fortune Innovation Forum, Brainstorm AI Singapore, and Brainstorm Design. Clay returned to Fortune in 2017 following a six-year stint at McKinsey & Company, where he led a series of high-profile research and publishing projects. He served previously as Fortune’s Asia Editor from 2002 to 2008. Prior to joining Fortune, Clay covered business, technology, and economic policy in the U.S. and Asia as chief economic correspondent and Asia economic correspondent for The Washington Post

Clay joined the Post from The Wall Street Journal, where he served as Tokyo correspondent. He has lived and worked in Washington D.C., Hong Kong, Tokyo, Shanghai, and Beijing. He speaks fluent Japanese and is a graduate of Harvard College.