Gary has been married to Julie for over 40 years having met and married in their teens. He has two grown children and a grandson. They have lived for the past 20 years in Scotland and have recently moved to North Yorkshire. Gary has been a main board director for four companies before starting his own business in 2000. Gary also served in the Territorial Army. He has lived and worked in Scotland, the Netherlands, Italy, New Zealand and Germany.Gary started his career in IT in 1985 before moving into recruitment in 1988 where he was a Regional Director for five years with a large recruitment group and two years as Managing Director. He then spent five years with an IT Services company as Sales Director where he was involved with the successful flotation and further acquisition of three companies. He then spent 18 months as the Managing Director of a global Financial Executive Search firm before starting his own Executive Search business in 2000.He runs a specialist International Search firm operating at a senior level within the Charity, IT, Software, Manufacturing, Mining, Energy, Finance, Telecoms, Oil & Gas, Renewables and Biotech markets and has been in successful operation for over twenty years. He has worked closely with large corporations and extensively with Private Equity-backed organisations as a Resourcing specialist helping them achieve successful exits. Gary has served as an Institute of Directors Member and Chairman. His interests have varied over the years and have included Sailing (Yacht master), Diving (PADI), Flying (PPL – lapsed), Skydiving, Skiing, Motorbiking, Squash, Gym, travel and most recently Golf.Read more about this authorRead less about this author