ACT authentic brings together our diverse yet complementary skill set: combining Sophie Massie’s Management Consultant experience in the corporate sector with Chloe Faizullah-Ward’s Vocal Coaching and Yoga Training. Together with our shared knowledge from Professional Acting we offer unique and necessary Communication Training for the workplace.
The Founders
CHLOE Faizullah-WARD
Chloe gained a First Class Degree in Drama (BA Hons) from Loughborough University and won a scholarship to attend The Academy of Live and Recorded Arts to study her Masters in Acting. Upon graduating Chloe worked as a professional actor for 5 years receiving an Acting Excellence Award from The Stage before focusing her knowledge principally on Vocal Coaching.
Her passion for Voice began after receiving a diagnosis from the NHS that her vocal folds were two thirds paralysed. A combination of vocal therapy, and the knowledge gained from the intensive vocal training on the Acting Masters course set her on a path to successfully rehabilitate her vocal folds. Studying more than just the mechanics of vocal equipment and sound production she learnt the importance of understanding the layers of personal and social factors acting on our voices. Through a commitment of personal research and daily exercises based on relaxation and practiced with awareness she restored her voice to full and effective use.
Chloe qualified as a Yoga Teacher with The Traditional Yoga Association, undergoing their 3 year course with the desire to learn in detail what yoga can offer. She enjoys bringing this knowledge to Vocal Training, relieving tensions in the body to free the voice and practising awareness for continual professional and personal development.
SOPHIE MASSIE
Sophie is a Management Consultant for one of the Big 4 accounting firms and is regularly asked for advice and complimented for the way she presents and communicates. Sophie knew she could attribute these skills to what she’d learnt during her drama school training. With the knowledge gained from her Degree in Drama (BA Hons) from Loughborough University and her Masters in Acting at the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts, Sophie has provided coaching to individuals on interview techniques, presentation skills and public speaking.
After working as an actor in plays and musicals, Sophie entered the business world taking up a managerial position in an NHS acute trust. It was during this role that Sophie was exposed to transformational change programmes and decided to pursue her management consulting career, supporting the NHS with organisation wide complex change programmes. These transformation programmes covered cost improvement, operational improvement and now operational excellence.
She has delivered multiple training courses spanning a variety of topics, to rooms of up to 60 delegates from frontline operational staff to company directors. After 5 years of working with senior leaders in highly pressured, high performance environments, Sophie recognised the growing need for communication training.
With this breadth of experience and an understanding of the needs of individuals in corporate environments, Chloe and Sophie are excited to be helping people with their communication needs. Together, we believe our skills and expertise can provide you with the methodology, tools and practical training required to further your communication abilities, whilst staying true to who you are.
