SIMEMA Wealth Advisors

Ama Love, BSBA, MBA, ChFC®

Client Advocacy Philosophy

Ama is passionate about resolving major financial unwellness in her African migrant communities; setbacks that stem from generations of inconsistent financial planning, financial illiteracy, and systemic biases, specifically in the areas of leveraging, risks management, tax-smart wealth management, and wealth transfer.

Ama’s candid, multicultural and educational approach to designing and implementing holistic financial wellness strategies have created unïque +possibilities for our clients, their families, and the community, to prosper.

Ama brings together tenured and diverse industry experts, to provide unbiased, scalable and client-focused solutions.

Multifaceted Background

Client Advocacy Philosophy

Ama is a naturalized U.S. citizen, with Nigeria and Sierra Leone ancestry. Ama's devotion to the wellbeing of her community stems from a rich cultural heritage and being born, partly educated and raised in Nigeria's tumultuous Post-First, through its Abortive Third Republic, which sparked her entrepreneurial mindset from an early age, to identify and design simplified solutions that resolve basic community needs -- stability, protection and prosperity.

Prior to launching SÏMEMA in 2012, Ama served for over 14 years in various positions where she was responsible for the profitability of multi-million dollars in assets at major U.S. Fortune 1000 companies around the country.

Ama's Credentials

Community Advocacy

Client Advocacy Philosophy

Community Advocacy

Ama is an award-winning community advocate and champion for Public-Private-Partnership (P3) growth initiatives.

Ama also chairs and serves on various community, civic and education enrichment initiatives designed to improve the quality of life and representation of African migrants in the U.S. and abroad.

Ama is one of the founding members and a sustaining partner of the Festival of African Arts, Culture and Entertainment (F.A.A.C.E) a.k.a. AfriFest Houston, established in 2012.

Ama enjoys quality time with her family and vibrant community of friends and patrons.

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CREDENTIALS

AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

Awards

2024 Cricket Hall of Fame Presidential Award

2023 Cricket Hall of Fame Certificate of Appreciation Awards

2018 Bobsled & Skeleton Fed. of NG inaugural “Trailblazer Award”

2018 NAMC Houston inaugural “Champion Award”

2017 Walker’s Legacy Foundation “Power25 Houston Award”

2014 ROADWomen “Businesswoman with a Heart Award”

2013 AABE Houston inaugural “President’s Award”

U.S. Congressional Recognitions

2017 African Fashion Week Houston

2014 Trade Delegation, Minister of Energy of the Republic of Niger

2013 Trade Delegation, Minister of State of Côte d’Ivoire

"Honorary Texas" Awards

2013 Trade Delegation Minister of State of Côte d’Ivoire

Official Duties

U.S. Congressional Steering Committees (on summons)

2014 First Female Chair - City of Houston Mayor’s International Trade & Development Advisory Council for Africa

Export Outreach Team of the U.S. Small Business Administration

DESIGNATIONS & CERTIFICATIONS

Designation - Chartered Financial Consultant - ChFC®

(American College of Financial Services - July 2023)

Licensed Insurance Broker (Non-Captive)

(National Producer Code: 16172765 - Since 2011)

Post-Graduate Studies - Accounting & Information Systems

(Middle Tennessee State University - 2008)

Certificate in International Trade

(U.S. Commercial Service via Univ. of Tennessee - 2001)

ChFC Digital Badge

DEGREES

Honors Graduate of the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga:

Master of Business Administration (MBA)

>> Finance & Entrepreneurship

>> Chancellor’s Award Scholar (highest honors)

>> Golden Key Scholar (scholarship)

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc. - Dual Major), magna cum laude

>> Business Administration: Economics, B.S.B.A

>> Business Administration: Finance, B.S.B.A

>> Alpha Society Scholar (highest honors)

>> Omicron Delta Epsilon (economics)

>> FMA Honor Society (financial management)

Undergraduate Transient Studies

Prerequisites - Chattanooga State Tech. Comm. College

Geography - Olabiyi Onabanjo University, Ogun State, Nigeria

Accounting - Yaba College of Technology, Lagos State, Nigeria

SÏMEMA FOUNDERS

Ama Love, BSBA, MBA, ChFC®

Client Advocacy Philosophy

Client Advocacy Philosophy

Client Advocacy Philosophy

Multifaceted Background

Client Advocacy Philosophy

Client Advocacy Philosophy

Community Advocacy

Client Advocacy Philosophy

Community Advocacy

CREDENTIALS

AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

DESIGNATIONS & CERTIFICATIONS

DEGREES