Hardip is a Board Member at the Office of Qualifications and Exams Regulation (Ofqual), and the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills (Ofsted).
Hardip spent nearly two decades at the Department of Education where his responsibilities as a senior civil servant included: special educational needs and disability; curriculum, qualifications and accountability; independent education; and safeguarding and counter-extremism. From 2017-19, he was Director of Integration and Communities at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. After leaving the civil service, he was CEO of Woodard Academies Trust from 2020-22. He served as a Non-Executive Director at Oak National Academy from 2024-2026.
Earlier in his career, Hardip trained as a chartered accountant at Deloitte, was a public services consultant at KPMG Consulting and worked at the Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit. He is a member, and former trustee, of Eden Academy Trust, a leading special school multi-academy trust.