Prior to his current position, Mr. Vardy served as managing partner of another leading global search firm, heading the U.K. business. Additionally, he was also the global/European leader of the firm’s technology, media & telecommunications practice for ten years.

Mr. Vardy has conducted executive searches and succession planning projects for CEOs in the U.K., Continental Europe, the Middle East, South Africa, the U.S., Canada, Australia/New Zealand and Southeast Asia.

He also has led many searches for chairmen and non-executive board members of both large public corporations and pre-IPO, venture capital or private equity-backed businesses, where he is often called upon to give advice based on his in-depth experience with corporate governance and leadership structures.

Before entering executive search, Mr. Vardy spent ten years with British Telecommunications in the U.K. and the U.S. as executive vice president of British Telecom Inc. in New York, group director of corporate strategy, and managing director of cable television and broadband services.

Earlier in his career, he was a corporate financial analyst for the U.K. Post Office Corporation, working on the spin-off and IPO of their telecoms business and the establishment of the U.K. telecoms regulatory regime. Previously, Mr. Vardy was a systems analyst and project manager for Systemes Informatiques et Analytiques, a French-owned IT services company.

He is a member of the U.K. Committee of the Global Association of Executive Search Consultants.

Mr. Vardy is a psychology graduate with a master’s degree in business administration from the London Business School. He is a chartered management accountant and a fellow of the U.K.’s Royal Society of Arts.