Dean Davidson

With +20 years of experience driving growth and transformation in the recruitment and talent solutions industry, Dean is a high-energy, results-oriented CEO known for delivering commercial success, shaping high-performing cultures, and leading strategic evolution within Hudson across the Asia Pacific region. 

Dean is the current CEO of Hudson, who operations are spread across Oceania and Southeast Asia.  Dean was part of the team that completed a successful Management Buy Out of the Hudson Asia Pacific business in 2018, and has been an Executive team member for +15yrs.

Dean is relationship focused, naturally building trusted personal partnerships through authentic engagement and a sharp understanding of market dynamics and trends/insights.

Dean brings expertise in financial management and M&A processes, having successfully led multi-market operations, orchestrated challenging integrations, and driven scalable growth.

Dean has a strong track record and turnaround speciality of transforming underperforming businesses into high-performing units.

At the core of Dean's leadership is a strong belief in people and culture as drivers of performance. Dean has built and led diverse, high-impact teams, championing inclusion, agility, and accountability to consistently outperform in competitive and evolving markets.

With a strong track record in strategy ownership and formulation, Dean brings governance discipline and visionary thinking. Whether driving digital transformation, operating model change, shared services efficiency improvements, or developing future leaders, Dean combines commercial acumen with purpose-led leadership to deliver long-term value for internal and external stakeholders.