Sandy writes for pleasure and volunteers for charity. In 2024 she volunteered to host PeCAN Eco Cafe sessions. In 2023 she pursued a personal charity project. She helped to organise the TEDxFrensham event in 2022. She moved to the UK in 2020 after selling her proposal consultancy business, nFold. She is a seasoned entrepreneur with 30 years of experience in the proposal, software and Internet sectors. She is also a pioneer who has achieved many accolades. She founded South Africa’s first proposal consultancy nFold in 2001. In addition to helping clients from a variety of industries win bids to the value of many hundreds of millions, Sandy has held training, sales, marketing and new business development roles in the software and internet sectors. She also founded the local chapter of non-profit APMP (Association of Proposal Management Professionals) in South Africa in 2009 and served as its first chairperson as well as the first global board member from Africa. As a volunteer for the Businesswomen’s Association (BWA), she started the Succeed Campaign to support women entrepreneurs. Sandy graduated from UCT in Computer Science with first class honours and is educated in business strategy. She is certified at APMP Professional Level and is an approved APMP trainer for ATO Strategic Proposals. In 2019 she was named a fellow of the APMP. In 2006 she was selected as a finalist for “Top ICT Businesswoman of Africa” by ForgeAhead. In 2007 she was selected as a finalist for the TWIB awards by the Department of Trade and Industry. Specialties: Proposals, tenders, bids, trainer, consultant, Qvidian software deployment and support, win strategy, proposal writing and tender process.