Anya works with professionals—particularly women—in law, finance, management consulting, tech and marketing. Anya has coached leaders at all levels up to board, equity partner and C-level executives.
Anya works with individuals 1:1 and with groups. Some individuals are self-paying, and for some, their organisation sponsors their coaching.
Client examples:
1. EMEA region leader growing a team x20 times across five regions.
Organisation: Fast-Growth Marketing & Advertising Start-Up (US-based HQ)
Focus: Transitioning from hands-on executor to confident, strategic leader. Tackled blind spots, people management, delegation, developing team’s autonomy, internal influence. Improved clarity of personal role, team structure, communication practices, work-life balance and reduced anxiety around leadership decisions. Coaching was aligned with KPIs and performance targets. Client requested a coach with cross-cultural background and experience.
2. Department Head. Department Deputy Head.
Organisation: Tech Platform Start-up Turned Listed Company (UK HQ)
Focus: Confidence-building, stronger alignment between personal values and leadership behaviour, improved work processes (delegation, prioritisation), improved stakeholder communication.
3. Equity partners and business support leaders.
Organisation: Top-50 Law Firms (UK, US HQ)
Focus: Group and 1-1 coaching on people management. Addressed the challenges of leadership without prior training. Clarity of personal leadership style, enhanced communication effectiveness and agility in facing unexpected situations, setting up good people management practices.
4. Mid-level managers in cross-border teams.
Organisation: Multinational Consumer Goods Firms
Focus: Inclusive leadership (with particular focus on women's careers and working parents/carers), developing good people management practices, and managing through post-merger transitions.
5. Department Head.
Organisation: An infrastructure-focused investment group.
Focus: Supported this senior leader in building confidence in initiating conversations and handling difficult work situations (“be brave”), enabling them to engage confidently with new contacts. Also helped them develop career focus and discipline to stay on track with key goals by tracking progress and minimising distractions, unlocking their full potential for achievement.
6. Policewomen (DI, DS, PCSO).
Organisation: Police force UK
Focus: Facilitated group coaching sessions for policewomen navigating the challenges of parental transition and returning to work. Focused on building resilience, managing work-life balance and redefining professional identity post-maternity. Supported participants in developing strategies to confidently reintegrate into demanding roles while maintaining wellbeing and career progression.
7. Professional women experiencing peri-/menopause.
Organisation: A major global consulting firm.
Focus: Managing identity shifts and crises, navigating life choices, preparing for challenging conversations at work and home, and building personalised strategies to maintain performance, confidence and wellbeing throughout this life transition.
8. Senior specialist and expat.
Organisation: A company specialising in behavioural science.
Focus: Supported the client in adapting to cultural and language differences, overcoming feelings of outsider status, and fostering a stronger sense of belonging in a new environment. Helped the client build clarity of career direction and confidence. Coached the client to better manage stress, overcome triggers (like public speaking), and create boundaries that support sustained mental and physical wellbeing.
9. Account manager
Organisation: Market intelligence company.
Focus: Worked with a client who had resigned after 8 years in their profession and was uncertain about whether to stay or change career paths. Supported the client in gaining clarity of direction. The client ultimately chose to pursue a new career path with confidence. Helped the client develop strategies to navigate the change and make choices when the future is uncertain, and establish practices to maintain resilience and wellbeing during this significant career transition.
10. People who grew up in ex-USSR countries and have built their careers abroad.
Organisation: Various professional services.
Some clients seek coaching with Anya because of her cultural background. Anya grew up in Russia and lived and worked in France, Singapore and the UK. Anya’s family is a mix of British, French, Italian and Russian cultures. Clients with international experience often want to work with a coach who understands “where I come from.”
We are all sensitive to cues of similarity and difference, and intersectionality — such as cultural background, race or gender — can add to the challenge of feeling you belong and being authentic while trying to fit in. Trying to be who you are not is, first of all, very energy draining, and, secondly, leaders who "act" soon lose trust. Anya has supported many clients in discovering their authentic selves in new countries and leadership roles. She coaches in English and Russian and is fluent in French.
