{"id":16168,"date":"2026-03-07T19:22:32","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T19:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tractus.jp\/team\/andrew-clutz\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T22:45:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T22:45:32","slug":"andrew-clutz","status":"publish","type":"team","link":"https:\/\/tractus.jp\/en\/team\/andrew-clutz\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrew Clutz"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\n
\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\n \n\n\n<\/path>\n<\/svg>\n<\/a>\n\n\n\n<\/path>\n<\/svg>\n<\/a>\n\n\n\n<\/path>\n<\/svg>\n<\/a>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n

Andrew joined Tractus in April 2021, managing Tractus\u2019 global Economic Development activities including trade development, foreign direct investment attraction and economic development strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Andrew has over 25 years of experience working internationally in economic development with a focus on trade and foreign direct investment attraction strategy and implementation with both growing companies and government agencies. Prior to joining Tractus, Andrew worked as the Director of Corporate Investment & Analytics within Conway Data\u2019s Advisory Division with a focus on assisting locations around the world build competitive marketing and sales programs to attract foreign direct investment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prior to joining Conway, Andrew served as the Americas Director for Oxford Intelligence, overseeing sales and operations for trade and investment advisory services in the Americas for 12 years. Before joining Oxford Intelligence, he ran his own international business advisory practice focused on serving business expansion and inward investment attraction since 2000. Earlier, Andrew served as Vice President of Marketing with the Welsh Development Agency, where he oversaw North American marketing programs that integrated advertising, public relations, networking activities, special events, lead generation and business development. His work with the agency resulted in dramatic increases in industry relationships, the development of a robust project pipeline, and a record of investment success in Wales. Andrew also worked in economic development as a regional manager for business development with the Alsace Development Agency representing the Alsace Region of France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Andrew has an MBA in International Business from Northeastern University in Boston and a Bachelor\u2019s degree in European History from Hobart & William Smith Colleges in Geneva, New York. He has also done graduate course work at \u00c9cole Sup\u00e9rieure de Commerce in Reims, France and Concordia University in Montr\u00e9al, Canada as well as undergraduate studies in Norway. Andrew is active with several national and international associations including as a member of the International Economic Development Council \u2013 International Advisory Committee.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Andrew joined Tractus in April 2021, managing Tractus\u2019 global Economic Development activities including trade development, foreign direct investment attraction and economic development strategy. Andrew has over 25 years of experience working internationally in economic development with a focus on trade and foreign direct investment attraction strategy and implementation with both growing companies and government agencies. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":16169,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","team_category":[],"class_list":["post-16168","team","type-team","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nAndrew Clutz - Tractus Japan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/tractus.jp\/en\/team\/andrew-clutz\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Andrew Clutz - Tractus Japan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Andrew joined Tractus in April 2021, managing Tractus\u2019 global Economic Development activities including trade development, foreign direct investment attraction and economic development strategy. Andrew has over 25 years of experience working internationally in economic development with a focus on trade and foreign direct investment attraction strategy and implementation with both growing companies and government agencies. […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/tractus.jp\/en\/team\/andrew-clutz\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Tractus Japan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-14T22:45:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/tractus.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Headshot_Andrew-1024x1024-1.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"6 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tractus.jp\\\/en\\\/team\\\/andrew-clutz\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tractus.jp\\\/en\\\/team\\\/andrew-clutz\\\/\",\"name\":\"Andrew Clutz - Tractus Japan\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tractus.jp\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tractus.jp\\\/en\\\/team\\\/andrew-clutz\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tractus.jp\\\/en\\\/team\\\/andrew-clutz\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tractus.jp\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/Headshot_Andrew-1024x1024-1.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-07T19:22:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-14T22:45:32+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tractus.jp\\\/en\\\/team\\\/andrew-clutz\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/tractus.jp\\\/en\\\/team\\\/andrew-clutz\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tractus.jp\\\/en\\\/team\\\/andrew-clutz\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tractus.jp\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/Headshot_Andrew-1024x1024-1.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tractus.jp\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/Headshot_Andrew-1024x1024-1.webp\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":1024},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tractus.jp\\\/en\\\/team\\\/andrew-clutz\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tractus.jp\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Andrew Clutz\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tractus.jp\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tractus.jp\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"Tractus Japan\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tractus.jp\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tractus.jp\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tractus.jp\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Tractus Japan\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tractus.jp\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tractus.jp\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tractus.jp\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/Logo-r4-final_standard.png-1024x277-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tractus.jp\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/Logo-r4-final_standard.png-1024x277-1.png\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":277,\"caption\":\"Tractus Japan\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tractus.jp\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Andrew Clutz - Tractus Japan","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/tractus.jp\/en\/team\/andrew-clutz\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Andrew Clutz - Tractus Japan","og_description":"Andrew joined Tractus in April 2021, managing Tractus\u2019 global Economic Development activities including trade development, foreign direct investment attraction and economic development strategy. Andrew has over 25 years of experience working internationally in economic development with a focus on trade and foreign direct investment attraction strategy and implementation with both growing companies and government agencies. […]","og_url":"https:\/\/tractus.jp\/en\/team\/andrew-clutz\/","og_site_name":"Tractus Japan","article_modified_time":"2026-03-14T22:45:32+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":1024,"url":"https:\/\/tractus.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Headshot_Andrew-1024x1024-1.webp","type":"image\/webp"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"6 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/tractus.jp\/en\/team\/andrew-clutz\/","url":"https:\/\/tractus.jp\/en\/team\/andrew-clutz\/","name":"Andrew Clutz - Tractus Japan","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/tractus.jp\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/tractus.jp\/en\/team\/andrew-clutz\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/tractus.jp\/en\/team\/andrew-clutz\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/tractus.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Headshot_Andrew-1024x1024-1.webp","datePublished":"2026-03-07T19:22:32+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-14T22:45:32+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/tractus.jp\/en\/team\/andrew-clutz\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/tractus.jp\/en\/team\/andrew-clutz\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/tractus.jp\/en\/team\/andrew-clutz\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/tractus.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Headshot_Andrew-1024x1024-1.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/tractus.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Headshot_Andrew-1024x1024-1.webp","width":1024,"height":1024},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/tractus.jp\/en\/team\/andrew-clutz\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/tractus.jp\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Andrew Clutz"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/tractus.jp\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/tractus.jp\/en\/","name":"Tractus Japan","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/tractus.jp\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/tractus.jp\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/tractus.jp\/en\/#organization","name":"Tractus Japan","url":"https:\/\/tractus.jp\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/tractus.jp\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/tractus.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Logo-r4-final_standard.png-1024x277-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/tractus.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Logo-r4-final_standard.png-1024x277-1.png","width":1024,"height":277,"caption":"Tractus Japan"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/tractus.jp\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tractus.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team\/16168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tractus.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tractus.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/team"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tractus.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16168"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tractus.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tractus.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"team_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tractus.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team_category?post=16168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}