Dean is an Airline Captain flying for a large international airline constantly flying around the world and Mandy has a Nursing background. They have lived in HKG for many years and relocated back to NZ in 2005.  They have 3 daughters who are also great advocates of the products and very tolerant during the busy stages of building the USANA family business.

Whilst living in HKG they began their USANA business. Things developed for them with their business around the time that SARS had just been discovered. They recall ‘living in a city of 8 million people and seeing it come to a grinding halt in a few weeks was very frightening’. The airline Dean works for grounded the planes as people chose not to visit HKG at that time, and the tourist industry was affected.  They started to realise that ‘it felt as though Dean's employer held all the cards to our financial future and we realised we have to do something about putting ourselves firmly in control of our destiny’.   

Dean actually went to a business seminar in Australia where he met Fiona

Jamieson-Folland who introduced the company to them.  After getting back to HKG and thinking "what have we done" they started by taking the products and began noticing how great they felt. For Dean the benefits were very noticeable. ‘We now know that the timing that USANA shows up in your life is worth taking seriously. For us it was also the same weekend that Dean's father had a stroke, and it had us realise how precious health is’. 

They have built this business around the busy demands of their family and also an international move back to NZ. They have really appreciated the flexibility that they enjoy by having their own business and also a structure that allows them to benefit from the efforts of a team dynamic, especially during times when they have other commitments.

They found that by following the system already in place, including duplicating the flip chart presentation, this helped their team to get up and running…no matter where they are in the world. They appreciate the fabulous coaching and encouragement from their upline Fiona Jamieson-Folland and Chris Folland. ‘Our team both downline and crossline continually inspire and motivate us. We love the fact that this is a business where so many people want to help us to succeed.’

They never thought that their business would have quite the international focus that it does today, as they recall ‘we don't think that we really "got it " when we first started just over 2 years ago. Now we do and realise that the sky is the limit when we dare to dream big enough!’