Meet the Founder

Maya Sayegh Hawa
Founder, Achieve
With over 14 years of experience as a certified life and executive coach, Maya has built Achieve into a trusted name in personal and organizational transformation across the MENA and Gulf region.
Maya’s approach is grounded in both science and lived experience. She holds a background in Cognitive Psychology from the University of Houston, and is certified by the International Coaching Federation (ICF) as a Life and Executive Coach, the gold standard in the coaching profession. She is also a trained Cognitive Behavioral Practitioner through the Beck Institute, an NLP Practitioner certified by the American Union of Neuro-Linguistic Programming, and holds a certification in the Psychology of Leadership from Cornell University.
This rare combination of clinical grounding and coaching expertise allows Maya to work at the intersection of mindset, behavior, and performance helping individuals and organizations create real, lasting change rather than surface-level results.
Today, Maya works with individuals navigating personal and professional transformation, as well as organizations across the region seeking to build resilient leaders, high-performing teams, and mentally healthier workplaces.
Her mission is simple: to help people and organizations unlock what they’re truly capable of.
