About Us

Led by Experience. Built With Intent.

One built search firms across Japan. The other builds AI platforms. Together, they created something neither could alone.

The Founders

Built by People Who've Done This Before

Search expertise meets AI infrastructure. Two decades of Japan recruitment combined with purpose-built technology.

Murray Clarke

Founding Partner

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I Built This Because Search Alone Isn't Enough

Executive Search | Japan | Technology

I've spent my entire career in Japan executive search — over 20 years, led three search firms, all acquired, including my own.

The traditional model — senior partner sells the work, junior associate does the searching — works for one hire at a time. It doesn't scale and it doesn't give clients the visibility they deserve.

TalentHub Partners is an AI-powered platform that transforms how we recruit in Japan. Every engagement gets dedicated intelligence pages, AI-matched candidates, and real-time reporting.

I lead every engagement personally. When you work with TalentHub, I'm your first call and the person presenting your shortlist.

He began his search career as a founding member at a specialist firm, joining as the second employee and helping establish foundations that later supported growth to more than 200 staff. After a period working inside VMware Japan as an outbound recruiter, he became a senior leader at RGF Executive (Recruit Holdings).

In 2014, Murray founded Technology Futures K.K., building it from inception into a respected executive search and outbound RPO business that was later acquired by ManpowerGroup Japan.

He holds a BA and BCom from the University of Otago and undertook further study at the University of Tokyo.

Konstantin Ivanov

Co-Founder & CTO

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The Platform Behind the Search

Recruitment | SaaS | AI

Konstantin is the reason the AI actually works. His background spans IBM Global Services, Deloitte Consulting, and BearingPoint with 15+ years building enterprise software platforms.

He co-founded Interviewy, an AI-powered interview automation platform used by major US hospitality brands such as Five Guys, Halal Guys, Blaze Pizza, and Cinnabon, helping them streamline high-volume hiring and cut time-to-hire dramatically.

Earlier in his career he co-founded Mirabo Systems International, where he led development of Livepoint, a business intelligence tool for the pharmaceutical sector.

At TalentHub, Konstantin leads product strategy and development — candidate matching, market intelligence, competitive analysis, and branded engagement pages — all running on a platform built from scratch. No off-the-shelf ATS. No third-party AI. Everything purpose-built for executive search in Japan.

Our Story

Recruitment Built for the AI Era

Combining 20 Years of Search Expertise with Enterprise Engineering.

In 2023, we stopped trying to "fix" recruitment tools and started building our own. We replaced the antiquated model—where senior partners sell and junior associates search—with a proprietary AI platform. No off-the-shelf ATS. No third-party AI. Everything was engineered from scratch to provide real-time reporting and AI-matched intelligence.

After proving the concept, Murray returned to Tokyo in 2025 to establish TalentHub Partners K.K. Today, we are licensed and achieving record success—surpassing the growth metrics of Murray’s previous venture that was acquired by ManpowerGroup Japan.

For entrepreneurial recruiters, this is a momentous opportunity to break free from manual friction. We have combined deep Japan market knowledge with world-class engineering to allow you to out-deliver the competition. We aren’t just building a desk; we are building a scalable, exit-ready asset.