There we go. Okay, so, taking that into consideration, the Grey Warden looks a little shaky. And, to be honest, so does Cullen. WAIT WAIT WAIT I mean that Cullen has never been in a position of leadership, but you could argue that he is prominent in his field simply because of the things he experienced. That said, so could the Warden, because we know nothing about him.
Bah.
No, I don't think that holds for Cullen. At the end of DA2 he would have been the acting Knight Commander of Kirkwall, now Kirkwall admittedly is a complete nightmare of a place but it's still a leadership role. (Actually Knight Captain is also a leadership role.)
All Beardy has to be to fit the criteria is a Warden from somewhere who has been in command of other Wardens in an outpost somewhere or he might even be a Warden Commander of X before the start.