Angela Gardner joined Sucherman Consulting Group in 2011 and served as Executive Vice President of Development until early 2012 when she was named Executive Vice President of Executive Search. Angela is a strategic human capital specialist, with extensive experience acquiring, developing and integrating talent.
Angela was born and brought up in the United Kingdom. She grew up near Cambridge and studied in North Wales and graduated with a degree in Psychology. Angela began her career in executive search in London, working for a number of boutique firms before joining international executive search firm, Heidrick & Struggles, in 1995. She was a member of the Consumer Packaged Goods and Retail practices. In 2000, she transferred to Los Angeles to build the consumer and entertainment related business in Southern California.
In 2003, Angela joined Fox Networks Group as Vice President, Talent Acquisition to establish their first in-house recruiting function. In 2009, she was promoted to SVP, Talent Acquisition of Fox Entertainment Group. Applying the principles of executive search to talent acquisition, she and her team established a department that serviced approximately 9000 employees. The team recruited at all levels – from interns to Presidents, was responsible for hiring all exempt and non-exempt employees; orienting new hires, and developing a diverse talent pipeline.
Angela has supervised the hiring of thousands of individuals in television, digital and consumer facing worlds. She was responsible for hiring at all levels across the broadcast, cable, sports, digital and movie businesses, including Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox Sports, FuelTV, Speed, Fox Deportes, Fox Soccer Channel, Fox Regional Sports Nets, FX, Fox Movie Channel, National Geographic Channel, Twentieth Century Fox, Fox Searchlight, Fox Home Entertainment, Fox Licensing & Merchandising, Blue Sky Studios, and Twentieth Century Fox Television Studios. During her time at Fox, she helped launch Fox Reality Channel, Fox Look, Big Ten Network, Nat Geo Wild, Fox Interactive Media, Fox Digital Media, and Hulu.com (JV with NBCUniversal). She also worked on the integration and expansion of such businesses as Fox Audience Network, Beliefnet, Fox.com, AI.com, Foxsports.com, Whatifsports.com, Scout.com, IGN and MySpace.
Angela is an active member of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, NAMIC, PromaxBDA, and BAFTA.