Sarah Jordan

Managing Director & Co-founder

Sarah is the co-founder and Managing Director at ENGAGE. 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 15 years of experience in employee engagement research, Sarah has worked on a wide variety of large-scale UK and international programmes with clients including A&O, Aviva, ABI, BBC, BDO, BT, Camelot, Centrica, Co-op, Diageo, Direct Line Group, 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 and Zurich.

At ENGAGE, Sarah has the enviable role of 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 engagement challenges. Sarah’s expertise is in designing effective feedback programmes through which to deliver action-oriented, business-focused engagement research and advice.

Sarah has an MA in International Governance & Public Policy and a BA in Politics & Philosophy, both from the University of Manchester. In her spare time, Sarah is most at home by the sea. She tries to stay fit (on a bicycle these days) but only really as a necessary response to her love of fine wine and cheese!

Dr Andy Brown

CEO & Co-founder

Andy is the co-founder and CEO of ENGAGE. He has worked for ENGAGE since 2008 and, in 2013, co-led an MBO of the firm.

Andy leads all of our strategic work with senior executives and heads our Leadership practice. He works with CEOs, boards and executive teams in FTSE 100 and Fortune 500 firms, as well as with a range of fast-growing entrepreneurial start-ups.

Prior to this, Andy worked in the research and consulting industry for 25 years. He was previously a Partner at Mercer Consulting, a Global Practice Leader at The Empower Group (the strategic consulting division of Manpower), Managing Director of YouGov Consulting and Head of Research at The Gallup Organization.

Andy holds a doctorate in survey analytics from the University of Oxford where he also obtained his undergraduate degree in PPE and an MSc. in sociological research and statistics. He has also been a Visiting Fellow at Harvard University.

Andy is married to Sarah, has two teenage children (Daisy and Joey), plus one permanently sleeping cat, Marple and lives in Blackheath, London. He is a long-suffering Sunderland fan (by reason of birth, rather than choice) and is still learning to play the drums.

Xanthe Harding

Associate Director

Xanthe is an Associate Director at ENGAGE, specialising in employee engagement and experience.

Prior to working at ENGAGE Xanthe worked for ENGINE as a Senior Consultant. Xanthe was the lead insight consultant for a large range of clients from both the Public and Private sector and was also responsible for the management and successful delivery of employee experience projects. Before this she worked at Mercer (Sirota) as an Associate Consultant.

Xanthe holds an MSC in Occupational Psychology from Goldsmiths University and an undergraduate degree in Psychology from the University of Nottingham. She is fascinated by human behaviour and is passionate about helping organisations understand their people and to develop in a way that allows them to become the best they can be. She is also interested in leadership, wellbeing and what makes a high performance culture.

Outside of ENGAGE, Xanthe’s main interest is music. As a semi-professional singer, her greatest achievement to date was singing with Pink at the Brit Awards!

George Tehan

Research Manager

George is Research Executive at ENGAGE and is responsible for assisting with the delivery of research projects across ENGAGE’s client portfolio. George is particularly skilled in the technical delivery of projects across the Engagement practice, supporting clients including CMC Market, Direct Line Group, Discovery, Greensill, HBO, London Fire Brigade, LV, MSCI and Ornua.

Before joining ENGAGE, George studied Psychology at the University of Leeds. He then completed an MSc in Business Psychology, also at Leeds, delivering a research project for Arup for his dissertation.

Outside of work, George’s main interest is sport. He is a keen Manchester United fan and an avid basketball and American football armchair spectator.

Luke Thacker

Research Executive

As a Research Executive intern, Luke supports the ENGAGE team with the delivery of client research and is involved in every phase of the research process.

Luke studied Mathematics at the University of Sheffield before taking a different path and achieving an MA in Philosophy, for which his dissertation compared the effectiveness of Utilitarian vs Retributivist justice systems.

Outside of work, Luke is a keen sports fan who supports (or endures!) Arsenal. He spends his downtime enjoying and creating music and is no happier than when spending the summer in a field somewhere at various festivals.

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!).

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Account Manager

We are always looking for exceptional talent to join our growing team.

ENGAGE is passionate about helping our clients drive business performance through their people. We are looking for an Account Manager who shares this enthusiasm to join our team of data scientists, researchers, organisational consultants, leadership coaches and trusted advisors.

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