Dubai English Speaking School and College are the leading inclusive British Curriculum School in Dubai and were recently awarded ‘Best School in the UAE’, ‘Best Primary School in the UAE’, ‘Best School for Sport’ and ‘Best School for Technical Education’. I was reporting to the Principal and two Headteachers on strategic matters relating to the communications and marketing of the Primary and Secondary School.

As the Academic Secretary, I provided full administrative support to the Headteacher and Senior Leadership Team and teachers of both core and non-core subjects, in order to support the curriculum and educational processes of the College.Reason for leaving: Offered a job at Dubai English Speaking School and College

I worked with nine partners of the finance division in this very large law firm in London. Within the department there were seventy solicitors, three paralegals and twenty secretaries. This was a new position within the company and I was recruited to implement and create new systems and procedures for the department. I organised office relocations for the lawyers, as well as completing all administrative and confidential tasks for the partners including typing of correspondence, diary management, organising travel arrangements and corporate functions. I was also responsible for managing the secretaries and dealing with any issues that they had.

I was headhunted from The Alexander Mann Group to work as the Executive Assistant to the Chief Executive of this IT company. As part of the senior management team, I worked closely with the Managing Director, Finance Director, Operations Director and Commercial Director. Reason for leaving: I left Cyberdesk to seek alternative employment as they were making redundancies and eventually ceased trading.

I originally worked for The Alexander Mann Group (Executive Search Firm) which specialise in Recruitment to Recruitment, IT, Media, Banking and Finance Recruitment for two years, from January 1992. I was employed as Sales Administration Manager, responsible for managing the Admin team to ensure the workload was prioritised and completed within specific deadlines. I was asked to return as Executive Assistant, where my position encompassed not only working for the Group Managing Director, but also the Chairman, James Caan, (from BBC’s Dragons Den). My duties included screening all calls to the Chairman and Managing Director, drafting all their business and personal correspondence and managing the senior management diaries on a daily basis. II collated sales activity and financial information from both the internal and external sales teams and worked out their productivity, which I reported to the management team on a weekly and monthly basis. I worked closely with the Chairman in supporting the company’s external franchise and affiliate businesses, Humana International and their Directors, Managers and Consultants. I worked with these partners from conception through to the completion of the agreement, completing all the required paperwork for these new partners and dealing with any issues they had.Reason for leaving: Headhunted to join Cyberdesk.