Peter Cardy

Who is Peter Cardy?

Peter John Cardy was a leading professional in the non-governmental sector in the United Kingdom, more recently he has switched to leading a government executive agency.

In the early 1970s, he was Deputy Director of the National Volunteer Centre, later renamed the National Centre for Volunteering. In the early 1980s, he studied at the then Cranfield Institute of Technology, now Cranfield University and was awarded the degree of MSc for his thesis entitled "Central government policy towards volunteers".

He married Christine Mary Cardy in 1987 and assumed his wife's surname; they divorced in 2011

After leaving the National Centre for Volunteering, Peter Cardy became chief executive of the Motor Neurone Disease Society, followed by holding the same post at the UK Multiple Sclerosis Society. From 2001 to 2007, Peter Cardy was chief executive of the Macmillan Cancer Relief, the foremost charity enabling the care of people suffering from cancer. Following his appointment to Macmillan Cancer Relief, Peter Cardy was interviewed by Hannah Brown of The Lancet.