Past Work

These are companies of which I have worked for before, prior to setting up Admin Overload:

Credit Suisse Nov 2005 – May 2010

Merging and Acquisitions – Investment Banking Division.
Personal Assistant to Managing Director Head of Industries and Sell Side
Key Achievements

Acted as a strong co-ordinator, which facilitated the meeting of deadlines and targets for new possible projects.
Assisted my Managing Director in the best way I can to make his daily life run as smoothly as possible.

AMEC Plc Apr 2004 – Nov 2005

AMEC is a global construction and engineering company.
Personal Assistant to Managing Director of Iraq & the Commercial Director for AMEC Group Ltd

Key Achievements

Acted as a strong coordinator, which facilitated the meeting of deadlines and targets for new possible projects.
Assist the Project Manager for Iraq which I enjoyed very much, as I found it a very interesting project in these climates.

InterGen (UK) Ltd Apr 1998 – Apr 2004

InterGen is a global power generation firm, which is a Shell/Bechtel venture
Personal Assistant to a Director & Manager of the Global Risk Management Team Apr 2003 – Apr 2004 and Office Manager
Key Achievements

Run the office extremely efficiently.
Worked as part of team (5) providing to the business co-ordination and support.

Personal Assistant to Regional Finance Vice President/Regional Chairman Sep 2001 – Nov 2002

Developed a culture of effective communication between the team and the Vice President to facilitate a productive environment.
Co-ordinated the information flow from the team to the Vice President to ensure a “filter system” of relevant information was readily available for reports and meetings.
Due to company procedural knowledge and noted for being an approachable person with a “can do” attitude, acted as focal point for “in-house” queries, always offering solutions.
Negotiated with a variety of Hotels within the central London area to acquire standardization of hotel rates for company employees and visitors. Produced a corporate guide to identify global rates within budget.
Effectively managed spend on travel and hotels to ensure that company budgets were being adhered to.
On occasions having to communicate with senior staff to ensure that excess costs were not incurred.
Successfully investigated invoice discrepancies related to contractors based within Italy. Due to expertise in
Italian language and culture communicated effectively and ensured that matters were resolved.

Personal Assistant to Project Manager for Italy Jan 2001 – Sep 2001

Due to expertise in Italian language and culture acted as strong link between the various parties and ensured effective communication flow.
Gained promotion to the role of Personal Assistant to the Vice President of Finance due to commitment and enthusiasm.

Personal Assistant to Regional Financial Controller & his team Oct 1999 – Jun 2001

Acted as a strong co-ordinator and organizer to the team, which facilitated the meeting of deadlines and targets.
Gained experience of the recruitment process, acting as an initial selector of candidates to be put forward to the
Regional Financial Controller.
Organized 3 day team building event in the UK for the Egyptian and Turkish finance teams which helped develop relationships and improve repour.