Matthew Gardiner, Account Manager

Joining with a product and marketing background in luxury travel, Matthew Gardiner started at HARP wallen in November 2006 shortly after overseeing the production of Harlequin Holidays' 2007 brochures.

A professionally accredited interviewer, his responsibilities include working on mainstream leisure assignments at junior to senior management level. He also oversees the HARP wallen website and along with Ian Nash has been instrumental in the launch of The 'FlexExec Register' (a new database of flexible and interim working opportunities) and it's supporting e-newsletter 'Flexible Times'.

Prior to joining the travel industry, Matthew was named Ashcroft International Business Student of the Year 2003 for the South East of England before going on to graduate at the University of Surrey in Management and Tourism. In addition, Matthew has studied business communication, marketing and regional tourism development at the Prestigious Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.

A passionate musician he has passed Grade 8 on the piano and was recently awarded a Performance Diploma by the London College of Music. The latest craze/obsession in his life is ballroom dancing and the number of hours spent on the dance floor are beginning to clock up quite quickly!