Our people and partners are our success.
Founded in 2013, ENGAGE’s mission is to help organisations drive success through their people. We are a team of data scientists, researchers, organisational consultants, leadership coaches and trusted advisors. We partner with some of the best in the industry to offer deep, integrated expertise across a range of areas.
We are always looking for exceptional talent to join our growing team so check out our current vacancies below.
Meet the team
Be part of the success.
We are currently recruiting for a number of roles. If you would like to find out more about joining ENGAGE as an Associate Director, Project Manager or Research Executive, please do get in touch.
We’re always looking for exceptional associates and company partners to complement our team. Contact us here if you’d like to chat about partnership opportunities.
Meet our company partners
Forsta is our data collection, analysis and reporting software partner. They are a global customer experience (CX), employee experience (EX), and market research technology company. The business helps organisations collect feedback, analyse data, and turn insights into actions that improve customer and employee experiences.
TEAMFIT help leadership teams navigate change. They work with critical teams to understand their context and determine what needs to change to accelerate performance. Drawing on the teams’ expertise and experience, they develop bespoke team offerings that support teams through their key challenges. This includes team fitness programmes, team leader coaching, facilitation and executive coaching.
The Milk Men are our IT and data security partners, providing ENGAGE and our clients with proactive, full-service IT support and monitoring, security and protection, compliance and testing.
The Conversation Space provides impactful learning and development experiences, empowering leaders and improving conversations. All of their work is underpinned by Conversational Wisdom® - a framework designed to enable change through the power of conversation. Sara and the team work with leaders, at every level, through workshops and programmes, and mentoring and coaching, to apply conversational wisdom to build trust, boost engagement, and facilitate change.
Magnify Talent is a boutique leadership development firm, based in the US and operating globally. They bring creativity to the world of talent development in three areas: individual executives, mission-critical teams, and groups of developing leaders. They believe that leaders are most successful when they can unleash their full potential and use methods to engage both right-brain creativity and left-brained pragmatism to allow individuals to access their potential and bring it fully to their work.
Wendy Walton provides executive leadership coaching and consultancy for aspiring leaders and partners. Having over 20 years of experience in professional services firms, Wendy offers tailored individual coaching and a structured Partner Journey Programme. Working in partnership, our coaching and diagnostic tools support leaders to drive strategic growth and long-term success.
Our valued behaviours
Curiosity fuels innovation and creates opportunity. Every day is treated as a chance to learn something new so that we might grow, better understand our clients' world and make a positive impact.
We challenge established barriers to strategic thinking and decision-making. By constantly questioning the status quo and seeking new, more impactful ways of doing things, we help clients think differently about how they unlock the potential of their people to drive success.
Everyone is accountable for the impact they have. We all plan with clarity, fix problems, ensure quality, and all step up to take a leadership role when needed.
Empathy is a value that lies at the very heart of ENGAGE. We consider the opinions, feelings, experiences, and values of others, acting with integrity toward both clients and colleagues. We scrutinise our own choices through the lens of others’ perspectives, adjusting our approach to drive better outcomes for everyone.
At ENGAGE, "good enough" is never good enough. We test and evaluate continuously to ensure our work remains insightful, challenging, innovative and imaginative. We simplify complexity to ensure our work creates value for our clients.
Our team brings a "can-do" and “can-how” mindset. We are volunteers, livewires, bright sparks. We bring energy and enthusiasm to every interaction, contributing to a positive working environment.
We are stronger than the sum of our parts, united by our shared purpose and unique methodology. We are collaborative, consistent, relentless, empathetic, and loyal, which fosters a sense of cohesion. We work in partnership to achieve common goals with our clients and colleagues.
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Andy Brown, Co-Founder and CEO
Andy is the Co-founder and CEO of ENGAGE, having worked for the firm since 2008; in 2013, he co-led an MBO of ENGAGE.
Andy has worked in organisational research, coaching and consulting for over 30 years. He was previously a Partner at Mercer Consulting, Global Practice Leader at Manpower’s strategic consulting division, Managing Director of YouGov Consulting and Head of Research at The Gallup Organization.
He has lived and worked in both the US and Europe and his client work has been for both FTSE 100 / Fortune 500 global organisations through to small, fast growth start-up firms. His client engagements have focused on improving business performance through improved leadership effectiveness, better employee engagement and enhanced cultures.
Andy has worked on client engagements with organisations in sectors as diverse as financial services and fintech (21.co, Bank of England, Direct Line Group, Lloyd’s of London, Marsh, MSCI, Preqin, QBE, Standard Chartered); food and drink (Diageo, Innocent, McCain’s); media/entertainment (BBC, HBO, Merlin Entertainments, Warner Media); professional services (A&O Shearman, BDO, EY, Grant Thornton, Manpower); public and third sector (Battersea Home for Dogs and Cats, London Fire Brigade, Royal Mail, TfL); retail and household goods (Co-op Group, Sainsbury’s, WD40 Company, WH Smith, Travis Perkins Group); telecoms (BT Group, O2/Telefonica, Vodafone); technology (Ciklum, Microsoft, RIMES, SRT Marine); and utilities (Centrica, EDF, Edison/SCE).
Andy read PPE at St Edmund Hall, Oxford and also holds an MSc and Doctorate in Quantitative Research Analytics from Oxford. He has been a Visiting Fellow at Harvard and a Visiting Lecturer at London Business School. Andy is an associate member of the International Society of Qualified Coaches (ISQC) and abides by their code of conduct. He qualified inhouse as a Strengths Coach at Gallup and as a C-suite Coach at Mercer.
Outside of work, Andy enjoys cycling, live music, and is an avid Sunderland AFC supporter. He lives in London and is proud to have recently adopted two very lovable rescue cats from Battersea: brothers Barnaby and Leo.
Sarah Jordan, Co-Founder and Managing Director
Previously Head of Research and Analytics, she has been with ENGAGE since 2008 and, in 2013, co-led an MBO of the Research and Consulting division of the firm. She started her career at YouGov Plc where she worked within the social and political research team, the CEO’s innovation unit and the organisational research and consulting team.
With over 20 years of experience in organisational research and consulting, Sarah has worked on a wide variety of large-scale UK and international programmes with clients including A&O, Aviva, ABI, Bank of England, BBC, BDO, BT, Camelot, Centrica, Co-op, Diageo, Direct Line Group, Edison International, Ernst & Young, First Group, G4S, Grant Thornton, HBO, innocent, McCain, Merlin Entertainments, Microsoft, Moss Bros, MSCI, Musgrave Group, O2, Sainsbury’s, Standard Chartered, Travis Perkins Group, Vodafone, Warner Bros. Discovery, WD-40 Company, WHSmith, and Zurich.
At ENGAGE, Sarah leads the day-to day-management of the business, leading on L&D to ensure we really unlock the potential of our talented team, driving our innovation programme and, as a priority, working directly with a range of clients to develop the best solutions to their leadership, engagement, and culture challenges. Sarah’s expertise is in designing effective feedback programmes through which to deliver action-oriented, business focused research and advice.
Sarah has an MA in International Governance & Public Policy and a BA in Politics & Philosophy, both from the University of Manchester.
Ronda Browne, Associate Director
Ronda is an Associate Director at ENGAGE. With over ten years of experience in research, she has led teams of researchers on programmes in financial services, film, FMCG, healthcare, charities, retail, hospitality and utilities, working with clients like Bayer, Coca-Cola, Disney, Mondelez and Unilever.
At ENGAGE, Ronda works closely with our clients to truly understand their organisations, to design strategic insight programs that drive real business impact, and support our clients at every level to elevate their listening maturity and power sustained change.
She has worked with a variety of clients at ENGAGE including the Bank of England, Bournemouth University, Edison International, innocent, Lloyd’s of London, MSCI, WD-40 Company and WHSmith. Ronda also supports our team to develop and learn and contributes to our ongoing innovation program.
Outside of ENGAGE, she works to support young carers in East London, providing respite activities and one-to-one support. She is a mentor with the Social Mobility Foundation and volunteers to help families to develop reading cultures at home with the Doorstep Library.
Ronda has a BSc in Sociology from the London School of Economics.
In her spare time, Ronda can usually be found hiding in a library, a museum, or at a heavy metal gig!
Luke Thacker, Associate Director
Luke is an Associate Director at ENGAGE, supporting clients in driving impactful change and business performance. Luke’s primary focus lies in leveraging data and high‑quality technology to deliver insight and drive improved performance through evidence‑based, tech-enabled, people‑led change.
Luke enjoys solving real world problems using unique, innovative, data-led solutions to provide growing organisations with the insight required for their people to deliver change.
During his time at ENGAGE, Luke has worked with a number of clients from a range of different industries including, the Bank of England, WHSmith, LV, MSCI, Lloyd’s of London, A&O Shearman, innocent, WD-40 Company, Allies and Morrison, Rimes Technologies and ICAEW.
Prior to joining ENGAGE, Luke achieved a BSc in Mathematics at the University of Sheffield before going on to attain an MA in Philosophy, where he developed the ability to approach abstract problems in a reasoned, logical way.
Outside of ENGAGE, Luke’s main interests lie in football and music. As an avid Arsenal fan, he is particularly interested with the growing importance of analytics within the sport and the impact they have on performance.
Emily Kaye, Senior Research Executive
Emily is a Senior Research Executive at ENGAGE. She works on the delivery of high-quality research projects for our clients, managing all phases of the process. She focuses on insight programme design, data analysis, and strategic interpretation to identify what is key in driving high performance within an organisation.
Emily also supports the development and delivery of leadership effectiveness coaching programmes for both individual leaders and executive leadership teams, with a focus on diagnostic analytics. Emily holds a Hogan Assessment Certification.
She has worked with a range of UK and International clients such as 21.co, Bank of England, Cosegic, Edison International, Lloyds of London, MSCI, WD-40 Company, and WHSmith.
Emily has a First Class BA in Mathematics and Philosophy from the University of Birmingham; a combination of subjects which allowed her to develop her analytical and problem-solving mindset, through both numbers and tackling complex questions about reality.
Outside of work, Emily is a multi-instrumentalist and, when she isn’t running half marathons across the country, can usually be found playing gigs around London with her band.
Juliet Cooper, Business Manager
As the Business Manager of ENGAGE Juliet ensures everything runs smoothly and looks after the day-to-day operations of the business managing all our administration and financial activities.
Juliet has extensive experience in business support work and much of her career she has worked in the sports industry. Initially at Chelsea FC, she then worked at a sports sponsorship agency for over ten years in tennis, cricket, golf, rugby and football and worked on many high profile sporting events including the Champions League Final and the Ryder Cup. This work incorporated sponsorship, marketing, hospitality and events for clients including AXA, UBS, LV=, Vodafone, E.ON and Reuters.
Outside of ENGAGE Juliet loves living by the sea (especially when the sun is shining), where she is often found walking Twiglet, her ridiculously friendly Jack Russell terrier, is a fan of most sports and particularly enjoys skiing, playing tennis and paddle-boarding (in fair weather only!).
Paul Black, Associate
Paul is the founder of Magnify Talent LLC, an official partner of ENGAGE. For the last 15 years, Paul has advised investors, boards, senior leaders and teams on the topic of organizational effectiveness, team effectiveness, leadership assessment and executive coaching from a diverse range of industries and geographies including financial services, pharmaceuticals, consumer healthcare, insurance and consumer packaged goods. Client companies range from multi-national corporations to start-ups to private investment firms. Example client projects include:
- Coaching the CFO of a multi-national pharmaceutical company who desired to increase his executive presence with the Board and engage his team in a more authentic and effective manner. Impact: client CFO was able to engage with the Board more effectively and show up in a manner with his team that allowed them to collaborate more productively.
- Coaching the global medical affairs team of a multi-national pharmaceutical company over a 15-month journey. Impact: the 14 factors underpinning team effectiveness increased by, on average, 43% in that period.
- Assessing the C-suite of a target acquisition under consideration by one of the world’s leading private multi-asset alternative investment firms. Impact: Determined suitability of each executive allowing investors to optimize the post acquisition leadership team.
- Prior to founding Magnify Talent, Paul was a Principal at Heidrick & Struggles, a global consultancy with a division focused on organizational effectiveness where he conducted talent assessment, executive coaching, and leadership and team development. Before that he headed the team effectiveness practice at Philosophy IB, a boutique consultancy specializing in strategy implementation. In the area of organizational effectiveness Paul led teams that redefined core processes, such as new product development, for Fortune 100 companies. He also coached teams to breakthrough performance across multiple industries and worked with C-suite officers on individual coaching needs.
Paul also previously worked as a production engineer in the downstream UK oil industry in lubricant manufacturing and marketing. He subsequently spent several years with Bain & Company as a management consultant. Paul also spent time as a professional actor working on stage and screen in New York City and internationally.
He holds a Bachelor of Engineering from Nottingham University and a Masters of Fine Arts from Yale School of Drama and is a member of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers in the UK. He holds the following professional qualifications and credentials: Team Coach (Team Accelerator Coaching Program and Team Coaching International); Candidate for Advanced Certificate in Team Coaching with ICF; Certified coach (PCC, MCC candidate), ICF; Key Polarity Indicator (KPI) certified; Hogan, DiSC, TTI Insights certified.
Pete Thomas, Associate
Pete is Founder and Director of TEAMFIT, an official partner of ENGAGE. He is a performance coach who’s driven to make a significant impact with his clients.
He has a strong track record in pioneering new ideas and approaches which helps business leaders and senior teams solve some of their biggest challenges. Pete draws on best practice from his 30 years of experience with some of the world’s top organisations including GE, Novartis and BT.
Acting as a catalyst, he provides a level of challenge and support that creates real insight and momentum. His pragmatic approach guides clients through difficult problems, getting underneath the surface issues to generate a range of workable solutions that add real value.
Pete strongly believes teams are a source of untapped potential for organisations -exceptional teams are rare yet incredibly powerful. His aspirational sense of what could be achieved with teams, together with a real drive to make an impact, led Pete to set up TEAMFIT -a new way of unlocking team potential to maximise performance.
He also works extensively with senior executives at a one-to-one level helping to address complex individual and business obstacles by providing a level of challenge and support that creates insight and momentum. His pragmatic approach guides clients through difficult problems, getting underneath the surface issues to generate a range of workable ideas and solutions.
Pete also provides consulting, coaching and strategic facilitation that helps question and develop thinking and action around broader business challenges. He has also worked with clients in providing OD consulting, helping clients to shape their cultural and people strategies.
Sara Hope, Associate
Sara is passionate about empowering her clients to work through challenges, deepen their understanding of themselves, and appreciate how they relate and engage with people in the complex organisational systems in which they work.
At the heart of her coaching is a balance of challenge and support. She brings a nuanced and thoughtful approach shaped by her own experience as a leader, her research and academic practice, and her breadth of work across diverse organisations. With deep attention and curiosity, she enables leaders to work through challenges with inner confidence and bravery – qualities that then show up positively in how they engage with others. She takes a practical, human-centred approach to her conversations which help clients unlock issues they may not have previously been able to think their way out of.
Some of the key areas she supports clients with include leading through uncertainty and being in a space of ‘not knowing’; navigating the complexity of relationships, particularly with internal and external stakeholders; managing significant transitions and developing confidence in their own voice; and building high-performing teams.
Sara has 30 years’ experience in consultancy, coaching, and leadership development. She has held senior roles at EY, Vodafone, and KPMG, gaining firsthand insight into the complexities of leading within large organisations. She co-authored Conversational Wisdom (Routledge) and is a regular contributor to the press, including Forbes, BBC, and HR Magazine.
Sara holds an MSc in Coaching & Development and is a qualified Career Coach.
Wendy Walton, Associate
Wendy is an accredited business coach and consultant. Her firm, Wendy Walton Consulting, an official partner of ENGAGE, works primarily in Professional Services Firms and the Private Wealth Industry.
Prior to that Wendy was a partner at BDO LLP. Having joined there in 1987 as an 18-year-old trainee and becoming a partner in 2000, Wendy went on to become their Head of Global Private Client Services and from 2016 was a member of their Leadership Team until leaving on 1 July 2022. In addition, she was a member of their Partnership Council from 2014 to 2016.
During her time on the Leadership Team, Wendy had specific responsibility for Partner Engagement and Development. She led a Partner Engagement Strategy as well as introducing and implementing a Partner Development Framework. She introduced various models regarding the role and contribution of a partner.
In addition, as a member of the Leadership Team, Wendy was responsible for developing and implementing strategy. A key part of that strategy was embedding a “unifying culture”. For four years, Wendy was a member of the Culture Board which strategically looked at the people proposition.
Wendy has the Professional Certificate in Coaching from Henley Business School, has recently graduated from the Meyler Campbell Mastered Programme and is a member of the European Mentoring and Coaching Council, abiding by their Global Code of Ethics.
Wendy was Spears Accountant of the Year 2014, regularly featured in E Private Clients 50 Most Influential and won Leader of the Year –Practice (National and Global) and Woman of the Year –Practice (Global) in the Women In Accountancy and Finance Awards 2020. Finally, Wendy also won Mentor of the Year Award at Management Today’s Inspiring Women Awards in 2020.
Yvette Forrester, Associate
Yvette is a Culture, Inclusion and Governance specialist, facilitator and ENGAGE Associate with over 25 years’ experience across financial services, professional services and the non-profit sector. She brings a calm, curious and pragmatic approach to helping organisations understand what is really happening beneath the surface of culture, leadership and workplace relationships.
Yvette creates engaging spaces where people feel able to think differently, ask challenging questions and have the conversations that matter. Her facilitation blends deep listening with thoughtful challenge, helping leaders and teams move from insight to practical action. She designs and delivers learning experiences on inclusive leadership, DEI, courageous conversations, bias, belonging and organisational culture.
An Associate of the Chartered Governance Institute, Yvette holds a BA in Sociology and French from Fordham University and an MSc in Corporate Governance, awarded with distinction. She is also an experienced mentor, speaker and panel facilitator, passionate about creating workplaces where people can contribute, thrive and belong.