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Philip Gardner

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Chief Growth and Transformation Officer at Colliers
📍 Greater London, England, United Kingdom

Philip is the Chief Growth and Transformation Officer at Colliers, leveraging over 20 years of experience in strategy, risk, and global operations. He previously spent 15 years in leadership at Knight Frank. He holds an MBA from Warwick Business School and a certificate in Cybersecurity from Harvard University, focusing on integrating new technology and ESG principles into business.

Outside of his corporate role, Philip is deeply committed to humanitarian causes, serving as a Board Trustee for Ukrainian Action. He actively participates in and promotes major fundraising initiatives, including personally co-leading aid convoys to deliver essential supplies and taking part in charity challenges for causes like breast cancer research.

Unique fact: He has co-led a 1, 000-mile drive to deliver trucks and humanitarian aid to the Polish border for the people of Ukraine.

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Experience
10 Years
Current Role
Chief Growth and Transformation Officer
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
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Business Transformation
His current role as Chief Growth and Transformation Officer focuses on driving strategic change, digital innovation, and operational excellence across the organization.
Supporting Ukraine
As a Board Trustee for Ukrainian Action, he is passionately involved in fundraising and has personally participated in delivering aid vehicles to support the country.
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Career

Work history

7-2025
Chief Growth and Transformation Officer
Colliers
10-2024
Board Trustee
Ukrainian Action
4-2024 - 4-2025
Chief Risk and Operations Officer
Knight Frank
7-2020 - 4-2024
Partner - Group Head of Strategy, Risk and Operations
Knight Frank
7-2019 - 7-2020
Partner - Head of Strategy, Risk and Operations
Knight Frank
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Education
Master of Business Administration - MBA
University of Warwick - Warwick Business School
Cybersecurity: Managing Risk in the Information Age
Harvard University
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