Jim Gardner

Chief executive, Kent Union

Jim Gardner has worked in the voluntary sector for over twenty years, serving as a trustee, chair of a board and in a variety of management roles. He is currently chief executive of Kent Union, the students’ union at the University of Kent.

 

Jim is a fellow of the Chartered Management Institute and a chartered manager; he also has an MBA from Kent Business School. Jim is a non-executive director of Canterbury Youth and Student Media, was treasurer of Skills Third Sector until 2012 and deputy chair of the Governing Body of St Peter’s School in Kent from 2006-2010.