As a founding member of Spencer Stuart's Technology, Communications & Media Practice in Europe, Tony Vardy has conducted executive searches at the CEO and managing director levels for major corporate clients, developing businesses and “new wave” companies. He also has led many searches for chairmen and non-executive board members of both large corporations and pre-IPO, venture capital-backed early-stage businesses, where he is often called upon to give advice based on his in-depth experience with corporate governance and leadership structures.
Tony joined Spencer Stuart in 1994 with a background in general management, strategic consultancy and finance. He operated as a freelance international consultant in communications and technology for blue chip U.S. and European companies. Before that, he spent 10 years with British Telecommunications in the U.K. and 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. Tony was a corporate finance analyst for the U.K. Post Office Corporation prior to joining British Telecom. The starting point for his career was as a systems analyst and project manager for Systemes Informatiques et Analytiques, a French-owned IT services company.
Tony is a psychology graduate, with an M.B.A. from the London Business School. He is a chartered management accountant and a fellow of the U.K.’s Royal Society of Arts. He is a member of the U.K. Committee of the global Association of Executive Search Consultants.