Vandy Massey

The Serious Stuff

As Founder and CEO, Vandy has drawn on her experience in performance assessment and personal development to launch the Engauge Range. She has qualifications in Accounting and Information Management, and recently won the the IOD East of England Businesswoman of the Year Award.

Before moving to the UK, she set up and developed a consultancy in South Africa, specialising in accounting, taxation and business management. Her understanding of how IT systems interface with the business process led her to investigate ways in which highly reactive information systems can be developed to enhance performance, particularly in relation to personnel development.

Vandy is a huge believer in continuous improvement and is fascinated with how measuring progress can create and maintain momentum. Her vision has taken the company to the doorsteps of some of the world’s biggest companies, but being a down-to-earth type, she still favours the practical, personal approach to professional and personal development at all levels. Vandy takes on speaking engagements from time to time.

And the rest…

Vandy’s parents met while teaching ballroom dancing, but despite having numerous salsa lessons around the kitchen – she still can’t dance.

Her passion for ceramics became a bit more than a hobby when she opened a private pottery studio with a friend in South Africa. Amongst other things, the studio provided opportunities for children with learning disabilities to ‘play with clay’.

She loves the textures and colours of fabulous knitting yarn. Don’t let her near a collection with her credit card! She has spent many happy hours designing one-off knitwear.

She’s crazy about her fantastic sons, fast cars, impossibly high heels, and Horatio!

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