Sharim Afnan
Executive and Career Coach and Facilitator
Sharim Afnan coaches high-potential executives and teams in all industries. She combines her practical, goal-oriented approach to problem-solving with an intuitive ability to connect with others. She is passionate about helping people unlock their potential. She does this by assisting her clients to identify, refine and deepen their own key leadership skills, and to work through patterns and impediments to growth, so that they can flourish in their careers.
Her coaching expertise covers one-on-one sessions, management training, public speaking, and group facilitation.
Sharim draws on her background as a corporate and private equity attorney in the London and Boston offices of Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP—one of the top 10 law firms in the US. At Weil Gotshal, she handled major international business transactions, including large-scale corporate mergers, acquisitions, and restructurings. An important learning during her time as an attorney was that focusing on team-building and mentoring is critical, particularly during complex deals. As a coach, she continues to prioritize these ways of working together in order to improve team efficiency and assure high-quality outcomes for her clients.
Sharim also has hands-on business experience as an entrepreneur, founding and running two start-up companies before embarking on her coaching career.
Her own multicultural, multilingual background helps Sharim relate naturally with her clients and understand different perspectives and approaches to problem-solving. Building rapport with people from diverse cultures has been instrumental to her success and helps her to drive meaningful engagement.
Sharim has earned a Law Degree from Queen Mary University of London, and a Master of Law from University College London. She is qualified as a United Kingdom Solicitor and is admitted to the New York Bar.
She completed her certification as an Executive Coach & Career Coach from the Center for Executive Coaching and is certified to administer and interpret the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, D.I.S.C. Assessment and the EQi 2.0.
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Testimonials
Eva Andres-Mateos
Senior Director and Head
of Translational Research
Akouos
I had a great experience working with Sharim. She is intelligent, empathetic and very intuitive. She helped me evaluating my current work/career situation, and provided tools and advise to ensure that my career development would be heading in the right direction. She provided strategies tailored to my needs, and her advise/suggestions were always specific and individualized. I would highly recommend Sharim to anyone at any stage of their career.
Dr. Kat Eghdamian
Lead Advisor
NZ Human Rights
Sharim is absolutely brilliant as a coach - incisive, genuine, encouraging and empathetic without shying away from dealing with complexity and ambiguity. Working with her has positively impacted my professional engagements and explorations, not only by growing my knowledge of myself but more importantly, by helping increase clarity on how to be more impactful and service-oriented in my work. I highly recommend Sharim as an executive and career coach if you're looking to decipher, clarify, and delineate your next step, path, stage, decision in a values-driven, resourceful, and authentic way.
Elizabeth Walker Sabet
Legal Counsel
OfficeSpace
Sharim's intelligence and creativity, combined with a deep intuition and broad professional experience, make her an invaluable collaborator. Sharim worked with our team at OfficeSpace Software during a time of growth and change within the organization. She listened carefully to our teams’ questions and needs, and her insights and systematic approach in helping us navigate new terrain could not have been more appreciated.
Ramona Nee
Partner
Weil
Sharim is highly intuitive, whip smart, and incredibly empathetic. Her capacity is limitless and cannot think of someone better suited to executive coaching- genuine, insightful and honest.