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Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand

Temping for GBL part of Salt as a temp Executive Assistant to the COO, Ministry of Education.

Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand

Reveal is a New Zealand tech start up with a 10-year history in the civil engineering and infrastructure space. I was a key member of the Executive Leadership Team as they pivoted towards launching a range of digital services and products aimed at NZ and international markets. In addition to supporting the CEO, for seven months I was also responsible for.

London, United Kingdom

• Bupa is an international health insurance and healthcare group employing 80,000 people globally.
• Full PA service to the Director of Internal Communications and Wellbeing, enabling her to operate at maximum levels of performance.
• Strong and detailed budget management of multiple cost centres and projects.
• Project managed and delivered the global Bupa Awards programme.
• Supported global leadership communications and responsible for editing the Group CEO weekly newsletter and communicating organisation change.
• Global campaign collaboration across a matrixed organisation.

London, United Kingdom

• Citymapper, the ultimate transport app.
• Managed the CEO’s diary end-to-end and arranged international travel.
• Full range of administration support to CEO, leaders and a fast-growing team.
• Office management and organised team events.
• IT support, tracking assets and advised preferred mobile networks for travel.
• Recruitment coordination included candidate communication and scheduling interviews.

London, United Kingdom

• CrowdEmotion uses emotion-sensing software to measure audience engagement.
• Streamlined internal company processes and led projects, freeing the CEO's time to focus on sales and strategy.
• Supported the Board and Shareholders, ensuring corporate compliance.
• Introduced a strategic planning tool, embedding process into company.
• As Scrum Master, implemented productivity-enhancing company processes that held the software development team accountable to company targets.
• Led daily coordination meetings with software developers, resulting in obstacles and distractions being identified and resolved rapidly.

London, United Kingdom

• Teach First, a registered Charity, recruits talented graduates into teaching.
• Coordinated the internal process for recruitment of the Head of Local Areas, resulting in a smooth process for candidates and senior management involved.
• Created an organisation and department-wide induction programme for the successful candidate.
• Established the meeting infrastructure and business reporting protocols for 11 business units.
• PA support for new Head of Local Areas.

London, United Kingdom

• Vision Critical provides a cloud-based customer intelligence platform that allows companies to build engaged and secure communities of customers.
• Executive support to the President, International Business, involved email and diary management, expenses, and international travel, with alignment of direct reports across six time zones.
• Created and implemented an internal communication strategy and event calendar for the UK MD.
• Researched and negotiated corporate rates for three preferred hotels, reducing costs by 15%.

London, United Kingdom

• TNS is a global market research company.
• EA support for two Executives involved extensive email and calendar management, catering, international conference calls, minute taking and follow-up on action items.
• International travel and visa arrangements for two teams.
• Health and Safety Officer for 100 people.
• Created an induction manual for new EAs.

Wellington, New Zealand

• Promoted to this newly created EA role focusing on the business with retained responsibilities to the Board, Shareholders and Company Secretary.
• Partnered with two Executives to deliver high growth and business transformation.
• Managed weekly reporting and communication of 15 business units, mitigating head office risks.
• Coordinated the Big 5 strategic planning process, reporting and accountabilities.
• Managed two budgets and coordinated budget process for 15 business units.
• Responsible for the cross-function integrated go-to-market calendar.

Wellington, New Zealand

• I joined Icebreaker as EA to the CEO and managed all day-to-day activities and provided business support.
• Board support involved setting the meeting schedule, board papers, and minute taking.
• Shareholder communication included a share buy-back process and annual AGMs.
• Assisted the HR Manager with recruitment and induction of 100 new employees in a 12-month period.
• Managed two private rental properties including monthly and annual accounts and a property sale.
• Onboarding liaison for new senior leadership team. This new leadership team grew the company from wholesale to launch retail and ecommerce and grew the team by 250 people globally.