Bukky Onifade is a business strategist, programme director, and executive coach specializing in helping experienced professionals—particularly women in midlife transition—translate expertise, leadership experience, and reinvention into sustainable business models, confident positioning, and aligned next chapters.

Founder of Coached by Bukky (2023–present), she provides direct coaching and strategic guidance to professionals navigating career transition and entrepreneurship. Co-founder of Principium Technology (2021–present), she brings deep expertise in programme management, systems thinking, digital infrastructure, and scalable execution—combining the human side of transformation with the operational side of sustainable growth.

Her positioning is distinctive: she doesn't separate mindset from strategy, or individual coaching from organizational design. Her 20+ year track record spans multiple sectors and contexts:

Programme Design & Delivery (15+ years)

• Designed and delivered the Employ Me and Empower Me programmes (business planning, CV writing, interview skills, return-to-work, start-your-own-business modules)

• Created and facilitated KidsRthebiz, a young entrepreneurs schools programme, delivered to 20+ schools across Northwest England, engaging 2,000+ primary school children in business fundamentals

• Developed and mentored NEET (Not in Education, Employment, or Training) cohorts for 16-29 year-olds, with explicit outcomes in employability, entrepreneurship, and further education (National Lottery funded)

• Portfolio includes training and mentoring for Princes' Trust, Anthony Walker Foundation, Liverpool John Moores University, and multiple public sector, corporate, and community organizations

Coaching & Executive Development:

• ILM Level 7 certification in Executive Coaching and Leadership Mentoring (2011)

• Manchester Business School certification in E-Coaching for Female Entrepreneurs (2007)

• 15+ years of professional and executive coaching with entrepreneurs, professionals, and teams across sectors

• Track record troubleshooting fragmented teams, building leadership capacity, and coaching through organizational transitions

Business Strategy & Systems Thinking:

• 15 years as business owner (Julianmiles Ltd), managing diverse client engagements, project delivery, and team leadership

• Certified Scrum Master; programme management experience with complex technology implementations (Principium Technology, Natera, Accenture)

• Founder of ReAfrica Magazine, demonstrating market insight, remote team leadership, digital product development, and revenue generation

• Published author ("Plan Your Life," 2009)

Cross-Sector Credibility:

• Public sector: Liverpool City Council, Local Creative Education Authority, Liverpool Youth Play Services

• Corporate: Accenture (Data Analysis/Programme Management), Natera (Project Management)

• Non-profit/voluntary: Princes' Trust, (Now King’s Trust) Anthony Walker Foundation, Crawford House Community Partnership

• Academic: Liverpool John Moores University; Academic background (MA, BA in English Literature; PGCE in Education, Liverpool Hope University

Cross-Cultural Perspective:

• Multilingual (English, Yoruba, basic French; learning German and Spanish)

• Work and life experience across Europe (UK, Ireland), Africa (Nigeria, West Africa initiatives), and North America (US-based since 2019)

• Track record of international work: mission trips and economic empowerment initiatives in Southeast Asia and West Africa; organized LeanX conference for West African startups; designed WomenX Accelerator Programme for female entrepreneurs