Simon Gardiner
Director - Buildings, Planning & Property, Power, Water
Simon is an experienced recruitment leader and co-founder of Carrington West. He was recognised nationally early in his career as the UK’s “Best Interim Recruiter”, voted by the REC, in the industry’s governing body. He is one of three of our management team of seven to have won this award, a record for any recruitment company anywhere in the UK.
Simon began his career in with an international technical recruiter before leaving to set up Carrington West, led by the belief that he and his peers could deliver a better service to the stakeholders within the industry.
Simon is a dedicated people manager and business visionary. He has a passion for identifying raw attributes within inexperienced recruiters, offering them an opportunity to learn, grow and hone their talent through his constant coaching and mentoring. Under his tutelage and the Carrington West career development programme, consultants enjoy a fruitful career working within the tightly designed processes of high performance recruitment teams.
Simon is a FREC Cert RP, and has a Business Management Degree from University of Portsmouth Business School. He is kept busy with his young family and likes to spend his time trying to give away his season ticket and attempting to avoid going to Fratton Park.