Vernon Sankey

Vernon Sankey was born in France and educated in the UK. He graduated in Modern Languages at Oriel College, Oxford. He went straight from university into industry and spent the next 28 years in various countries, including France, Denmark and the USA, culminating as Chief Executive of a major international corporation in the UK.

He then became a non-executive director and chairman of several large and small international companies, and is still active in this field today. During this time he has also lectured on leadership and motivation at universities, schools and conferences.

In 1999 he co-founded a coaching and mentoring company where he further developed his knowledge of cognitive psychology to help mentor business executives as well as people in all walks of life.

Vernon’s publications include The Stairway to Happiness (2018), The Way: Finding Peace in Turbulent Times (2019), The Way Workbook (2021), Toxicum: Managing Toxic People (2023), co-authored with Katey Lockwood (with whom he also founded improvemyworld) and Living Stress-Free: By Mastering the Real Causes of Stress (2024). Improvemyworld is a business offering transformational (business and individual) courses and a wide range of counselling services.

Vernon is keen on most sports and fitness generally, which he practices regularly.

He is married with 4 married children and 9 grandchildren. He lives in Berkshire, UK.