Astrid Sormani Email & Phone Number

Stockholm, Se

Stockholm, Se

Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden

I joined the dynamic EA team in August 2022 and my learning journey started the moment I stepped into the office for the first time. I supported the Chief Expansion Officer who became Chief Operating Officer a few months later with the aim to set her up for success. Calendar management, inbox management, instant messaging management (Slack) and travel booking were among my daily tasks. Working closely with the COO gave me an incredibly deep insight into Klarna internal operations and allowed me to strengthen my strategic thinking. A particularly rewarding side of my role at Klarna is belonging to a very strong EA team. Led by Accountable Lead, all together we worked on standardising our admin processes so that we could improve our efficiency and make sure our CXOs would use their time properly and not waste their time for e.g. a missing signature.

Stockholm, Sweden

In August 2019 I started working as Executive Assistant for the Senior Director, Nordics and Baltics, at VMware and I can tell it has been an adventure all along. My role was to be the "right-hand person" of my manager. My core tasks were of course agenda management, meeting organisations and administration, but that was only a tiny part of what I actually did. Since day one I started building my own network at VMware, making sure I was always involved in what the company did, gaining much knowledge about its mission and processes. I coordinated projects for pipeline increase activities as well as acted as HR focal point for local issues (maternity leave policy, DEI, Talent Acquisition etc.). I was the owner of our Nordic newsletter as well as the Programme Manager of our talent programme for young salespeople. I also started, with some female colleagues, the "Nordic Women" community, a DEI project with the aim to attract (and retain) more female talents in the company and create a community of VMware women in the Nordics. My last DEI project was the World Refugee Day 2022 at VMware, to raise awareness about humanitarian emergencies.

Stockholm, Sweden

My tasks were wide-ranging, but I mainly supported the activities of the International Relations Officers with EU Enlargement and Neighbourhood policy countries, from grant management support to country assessment project assistance and European Commission liaison (DG SANTE). I also assisted the Policy Expert in her duties and engagements with EU institutions (mainly European Parliament). I was involved in the organisation and coordination of big events, i.e. international conferences on public health or country visits. In the last weeks of my employment, I took over as assistant to our Head of Section, the Head of European and International Cooperation, taking care of his calendar, his mission and supporting him in his daily activities. Alongside my core tasks, I supported the team with administration and bureaucracy.

Stockholm, Sweden

Supervisor for the Summer Job Programme for protected minors (coming from different cultural backgrounds, aged between 16 and 19). Their tasks were related to the maintenance of parks and gardens in the city of Stockholm (especially in the Enskede area) and I had to ensure they could perform their assignments properly and in safe conditions.

Stockholm, Sweden

My traineeship project was liaising with other Agencies of the European Union and coordinating a smooth and effective exchange of knowledge and best practices related to the organisation of high-level meetings of EU Member States. I indeed became Project Manager for a successful wide Symposium for Senior Board Officers and Professionals on EU Agencies’ governance best practices, which was held in Stockholm in December 2016. In addition, I supported the Governance Team in organising, delivering and follow up on meetings for ECDC Governing Bodies (i.e. Management Board and Advisory Forum). Finally, I wrote the first draft of the Governance Frameworks for ECDC Governing Bodies.

Cambridge, United Kingdom

Between June and August 2015, I went back to Cambridge, UK, to work again as Residence Manager in the Junior Centre run by EF at Clare College. Liaising with Clare College staff, I had to properly allocate our students willing to live in the residence and to make sure that there were no problems regarding their accommodation. With my colleagues, I was also responsible for the welfare of all our students attending an English course at EF Clare College.

Milan Area, Italy

I was an asset to the Quantitative Research Team, also providing minor support to the Qualitative Research Team. Towards the end of my work experience there, I also had the opportunity to manage my own research projects. I therefore took care of all the operational phases of the market research itself: preparation of the questionnaire and of the Data processing Excel sheet, liaison with the Client Service Team, monitoring of the response rate and submission of final report.

Cambridge, United Kingdom

I was responsible for arranging and managing the on-campus accommodation for our junior students (aged between 13-15), working in synergy with the staff of the University of Cambridge, being our Junior Summer School based at Clare College the Colony.Together with my colleagues, we had also to take care of their welfare and well-being.

Como Area, Italy

I was firstly hired as translator to support the company during the international exhibition "Salone del Mobile 2014" taking place in Milan in April 2014. Then, I started working as Export Manager for the same company, keeping the contacts and correspondence between our factory and its partners abroad, especially the ones based in UK, USA, Ireland, Australia and in the Persian Gulf (UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait).

Cambridge, United Kingdom

Assisting and supporting the Activity Manager of the school were my main tasks during my internship at EF Cambridge. We were mainly dealing with the social life of our students (aged 16+), organising both one-day or weekend trips as well as big social events such as the graduation night and charity events. In those months, I had the opportunity to perform various tasks: creating advertising posters, taking care of the daily and weekly banking, selling souvenirs to our students. Moreover, I always had to work directly with our customers. During high season (July and August), I also worked as Residence Supervisor and Activity Leader.

6-Week Online Course, Data Law Policy And Regulation

Freestanding Course, Law Of Armed Conflicts

Freestanding Course, Democracy, Policy And Social Change

Master'S Degree, International/Global Studies

Core subjects: Diplomacy and Strategic Studies, History of International Relations, Economics, International Law, English, French.

Master'S Degree, International Relations And Affairs, 120 Ects, Final Grade: 109/110

Final dissertation: "A corpus-assisted linguistic analysis of institutional documents on military intervention in foreign countries.

Bachelor'S Degree, International Relations And Affairs, 180 Ects, Final Grade: 108/110

Final dissertation: "Dean Acheson: A Cold Warrior" - 1945-1949- "

High School Diploma, Foreign Languages And Literatures, General, 84/100