Thank you for helping me through some dark and difficult times and for holding the light at the end of the tunnel. You’ve made a huge difference as I move toward a fulfilling career and my authentic self.
Executive advisor and coach for senior leaders in the UAE and Saudi Arabia, from a former Head of HR with over 20 years of experience across the Gulf and Europe.
The way you have been working for years got you here. It just wasn’t built for the role you have now.
Clearer thinking. Quicker recovery after tough days. You trust yourself when it matters most.
Your full attention in the room, whether it's a board meeting or dinner at home.
The role has its place, and so does everything else. Senior leaders can perform at the top and still have time and energy for the rest of their lives.
I spent more than 20 years as a senior HR leader in the Gulf and Europe. I know what it takes to be the person who keeps everything together in this region: the politics, being constantly visible, and the expectation that you’ll always keep going.
That experience led me to INSEAD, where I completed an Executive Master in Change. My research looked at how senior leaders working abroad really experience long-term pressure. It became Exiled in Plain Sight, the foundation of my practice and of a book I’m writing.
So I bring two things: twenty years of doing the job myself, and research into what it takes to do it well.
Executive Coach
Former Senior HR Leader Middle East
Reflections on my broader work and approach, shared on LinkedIn.
Thank you for helping me through some dark and difficult times and for holding the light at the end of the tunnel. You’ve made a huge difference as I move toward a fulfilling career and my authentic self.
Senior Manager, Clinical & Regulatory Document Quality Control
By the end of our session, I felt like a weight had lifted off my shoulders. I feel much more in control of my anxiety and can manage it better knowing its causes.
Founder & Workplace Personality Profiler, Team Ambition Limited
One session with Anke and I feel as if a weight has been lifted off my chest. For the first time in years I’m able to wake up each morning with eager curiosity.
Organizational Psychologist & ICF- and Gallup-Certified Coach
Anke helps you delve deep to identify and eliminate blockers that may be preventing you from getting to that next level. Working with her has been nothing short of a revelation.
President, Insikt Analytics
Three steps, one goal: leaders who do well under pressure
and still have something left at the end of the day.
Our first conversation.
We look at what's actually wearing you down, not just the symptoms.
By the end, you'll know whether working together makes sense.
We look at how you make decisions, how you react under pressure, and where your time really goes. This work is built around your role and your situation, not a one-size-fits-all program.
We test it against your real life: the politics, the travel, the deadlines that won't move. The goal is that what you are doing keeps working after our sessions end.
I work one-to-one with senior leaders across the UAE, Saudi Arabia and the wider Gulf. Much of the strain doesn’t come from the person. It comes from the environment one works in. You can’t change all of that, but you can change how you deal with it and how you shape the part you lead. That’s where we focus.
I spent twenty years as a senior HR leader in this region. I know what these organisations really ask of people. This isn’t advice from the outside.
My research at INSEAD found three patterns that come up again and again in high-performing leaders here: Mask-Wearing, Carrying the Fire, and Exile in Plain Sight, a kind of isolation nobody sees, because from the outside everything still looks fine. Most leaders recognise at least one of these straight away.
This isn’t theory, and it isn’t a wellness programme. It’s a practical way to change how you lead, and one that holds up in real working life.
