Dr. Ana Lueneburger has been visiting faculty at INSEAD, Columbia University, and the University of St Gallen and is a founding Fellow of Harvard’s Institute of Coaching. She is a Master Certified Coach with the International Coaching Federation, a distinction held by less than four percent of coaches worldwide. Her partnerships with C-suite, board and founder clients have been captured in a range of publications, including The International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and The Economist. In 2023, together with one of her C-suite clients, she co-authored the book “Unfiltered – the CEO and the Coach”, published by Penguin Business Press. Complimenting her over 20-year business career with Danone, The Boston Consulting Group and as founder of the global coaching boutique Fox meets Owl Limited, Ana is also a fully licenced integrative psychotherapist. She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy and the International Positive Psychology Association. Ana is also trained in a wide range of psychometric assessments, has received her Negotiation and Mediation Certificate from Columbia University and is a trained court-appointed mediator.
Her blend of corporate, coaching and psychology offers a unique opportunity for clients to move beyond the surface of mere behavioural and transitional change. Guided by a safe pair of hands, leaders are invited to lean into the unknown, to understand the root causes for why they may be feeling unfulfilled or stuck, and to embark on the challenging yet rewarding experience of transformative change. Moving off auto-pilot, leaders begin to make intentional choices. It is here that they can explore ways on how to lead from a place of authenticity, how to break free from old belief systems and how to become the best version of themselves.
Ana has partnered with senior leaders from a range of global corporates (e.g. Google, J.P. Morgan), not-for-profits (e.g. The World Economic Forum, UNICEF), consulting (e.g. McKinsey, Bain), law (e.g. Allen & Overy, Linklaters), PE and asset management (e.g. Blackstone, Brookfield), universities (e.g. University of Cambridge, Yale), family businesses and founder-led start-ups (e.g. Marcellus, Think Investments), as well as mission-driven organisations including scale-ups (e.g. Echoing Green, Patagonia). Her coaching philosophy is built on leveraging strengths: this is where leaders feel energised, see the steepest learning curves, and can achieve sustainable results.
Ana received her PhD in business from the University of St. Gallen in 1997 and was a post-doctoral research fellow at INSEAD. Her tenet is making ‘other people matter’ and she is currently researching to what extent strong relationships impact positive, lasting change.
A connector with a curious mindset, Ana has lived and worked in five countries and is passionate about travel, Bhutan as her most recent adventure. She works in English, German and French and resides in London and New York.
