Emma Burrows
A bit about Emma
Emma is the founder of Autumnea, a Chartered Project Professional, ICF-accredited leadership and menopause coach, and experienced management consultant with more than 25 years of expertise in leading complex transformation programmes across Defence, central government, local government and highly regulated industries.
Throughout her career, Emma has been trusted by Ministers, Boards, Senior Responsible Owners and executive leaders to deliver nationally significant outcomes in high-risk, high-profile environments. Her work has spanned operating model transformation, portfolio recovery, technology-enabled change, international programme integration, procurement, sustainability, infrastructure and organisational redesign. With an MSc in Transformational Leadership, she combines strategic insight with evidence-based practice, helping organisations and individuals navigate change with clarity, confidence and purpose.
Yet Autumnea was born from more than professional expertise.
It emerged from Emma's own lived experience of midlife transition: surgical menopause, burnout, shifting identity, caregiving pressures, health challenges and career crossroads. Like many women, she experienced the quiet unravelling that can occur when multiple life transitions collide, often without acknowledgment, understanding or support. After spending decades helping organisations navigate transformation, she realised that women experiencing profound personal change were too often expected to simply cope, push through or put themselves last.
She founded Autumnea to change that.
Drawing on her background in leadership, organisational design, behavioural change and coaching, Emma created Autumnea as a space where women can better understand themselves, reconnect with their strengths, rebuild confidence and redesign life and work in ways that feel aligned and meaningful. Her approach blends professional expertise with lived experience, combining evidence-led insight, compassionate challenge and practical support to help women navigate identity-level transitions with greater clarity, resilience and self-trust.
Emma believes that midlife is not a period of decline but a powerful opportunity for reinvention. It is a moment to reclaim identity, redefine ambition and create a future that reflects who we truly are and what matters most.
Autumnea exists to make that journey visible, accessible and deeply supported.
Because true transformation is not about becoming someone else. It's about returning to the person you were always meant to be.