Career Coach for Mid-Career Professionals | Kokeb at Memmar Coaching

ABOUT

Hi, my name is Kokeb.

I’m an internationally certified coach who integrates coaching with first-hand experience inside workplace systems.

Before becoming a coach, I spent over 14 years working across five organizations, primarily in the nonprofit sector. My professional journey began in Ethiopia and later took me to Sudan, Uganda, and Denmark.

For more than eight years, I worked as an expatriate within the United Nations in Human Resources Management. My work spanned recruitment, HR operations, and Learning & Development. In L&D, I designed and managed virtual learning programs for international and multicultural audiences.

Working across these contexts broadened my understanding of work – not just as a position we hold, but as something influenced by culture, structure, and opportunity.

I’ve seen how organizational realities can both support and limit professional growth. With time, I became increasingly interested in the deeper questions people carry about their careers – questions about meaning, direction, and alignment.

My coaching journey began in 2018, initially alongside my work in Learning & Development. Over time, I’ve coached professionals across diverse cultural and organizational contexts and mentored managers in developing coaching skills as part of a leadership development program.

But more than formal roles and programs, coaching has been a deeply personal learning journey. Through training, practice, and reflection, it has continually shaped how I listen, how I ask questions, how I challenge my own assumptions, and how I understand the complexity of people’s professional lives. This work hasn’t always been continuous, and I think that’s part of what keeps the practice honest.

I’m particularly interested in learning that deepens over time. I started Memmar Coaching to offer the kind of support I once needed – space to pause, make sense of what’s happening, and move forward with greater clarity.

If you’re considering what might be next in your career, I’d be glad to support you.

→ You can read more about the story behind Memmar here.

What Memmar Means

Memmar (መማር) means learning in Amharic.

Memmar Coaching works from the understanding that meaningful career change – especially at mid-career – is less about quick answers and more about learning how to listen, reflect, and make sense of what’s changing.

Memmar exists for people who feel uncertain, or quietly disconnected, and want to find a direction that fits who they are now – without abandoning everything they’ve built.

The Focus

Career exploration in mid-career is different.

Earlier on, change may have felt easier.
Now, even when something isn’t working, change can feel risky.

This work creates space to make sense of what’s changing, reconnect with what still matters, and explore what a realistic next step might look like within the context of the career and circumstances you’ve already built.

The focus isn’t on quick fixes – but on clarity you can trust.