Executive · Career · Professional · Higher-Ed Coaching

Turn hard-won experience into your next move.

Two decades on Wall Street taught Ama Burnham how leaders actually grow — under pressure, through transitions, and toward what matters. Now she coaches executives, professionals, and students to get there with clarity and confidence.

Two decades of leadership across Northwestern · Columbia Coaching · JPMorgan · Société Générale · Bank of America

Ama Burnham, executive and career coach, seated in a New York City park

Coaching, grounded in the real world From the trading floor to your next chapter.

How Ama can help

Coaching for every stage of the climb

Four focused practices — whether you're leading an organization, changing direction, building momentum, or just getting started.

Executive Coaching

For leaders and senior professionals. Sharpen executive presence, make high-stakes decisions with conviction, lead teams through change, and perform under real pressure.

Leaders · Directors · Founders

Career Coaching

For professionals at an inflection point. Navigate a transition or pivot, re-enter the workforce, define what's next, and walk into interviews and negotiations ready.

Career-changers · Re-entry · Pivots

Professional Development

For rising professionals. Build communication and influence, manage up, grow confidence, and turn strong work into visible impact and advancement.

Early & Mid-Career · High-Potentials

Higher-Education Coaching

For students and recent grads. Bridge college to career, choose a path, strengthen applications, and land — with special insight for those entering finance and other competitive fields.

Students · New Grads · First Roles

Meet your coach

Ama Burnham

For more than twenty years, Ama built her career on Wall Street — an Applied Mathematics graduate of Northwestern University who joined JPMorgan straight out of school and went on to lead equity-derivatives coverage at Société Générale and Bank of America. She spent those decades in some of the highest-pressure rooms in finance: making fast decisions, coaching and mentoring teams, and helping clients navigate complexity.

Today she brings that experience to coaching. Ama is completing her certification through Columbia University's Coaching Certification Program at Teachers College, pairing rigorous training with hard-earned instinct about how careers really move. She also serves on the board of the Treatment Action Group. Her coaching is direct, warm, and practical — built to help you see clearly and act decisively.

"Growth isn't about having all the answers. It's about asking better questions — and then moving."

20+Years of finance & leadership

4Coaching practice areas

NYCIn person & virtual worldwide

The approach

Simple to start. Built to move you forward.

No lengthy funnels. Reach out, get clarity, and leave with momentum.

Reach out

Book a free 30-minute consult. Tell her where you are and what you're weighing — no prep required.

Find clarity

Together you'll map where you are, where you want to go, and what's actually standing in the way. You'll leave the first call with a concrete next step.

Move forward

Choose a focused engagement with real accountability — practical work between sessions and steady momentum toward the outcome you want.

Let's talk

Ready for your next move?

Book a free 30-minute consult — a relaxed conversation to see if coaching with Ama is the right fit.

Book a free consult

Grab a 30-minute slot that works for you. No prep required — just bring where you are and what you're weighing.

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