IN 2013, PER ARDUA CELEBRATED ITS FIFTH BIRTHDAY, HAVING BEEN SET UP IN 2008 BY SIMON HEARN (FORMERLY CO-HEAD OF GLOBAL FINANCIAL SERVICES AT RUSSELL REYNOLDS ASSOCIATES WHERE HE SPENT SIXTEEN YEARS, TWELVE AS A PARTNER AND EIGHT RUNNING FINANCIAL SERVICES.) WE PUT TOGETHER PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, RECOUNTING OUR GROWTH FROM A SMALL OFFICE OF THREE, TO A THRIVING, EXPANDING COMPANY.
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OUR FIFTH BIRTHDAY COINCIDED NICELY WITH OUR YEARLY STRATEGY OFF-SITE DAY WHICH WE HELD IN THE CALVARY & GUARDS CLUB ON PICCADILLY. IT WAS A DAY SPENT DISCUSSING THE PREVIOUS YEARS’ SUCCESSES AND DIRECTIONS FOR 2014, FOLLOWED BY DINNER AFLOAT THE RIVER THAMES.
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