Executive Assistant

Executive Secretary / Personal Assistant

English / German / French

KEY COMPETENCIES

- Coordinating meetings as well as managing complex travel schedules

- Supporting role in communicating with current tools

- Solution provider using external services

- Managing internal & external documentation

- Dynamic, dependable, dedicated, positively resilient – with a smile

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2014 – Current World Health Organization, Ageing and Life Course, Geneva

Executive Officer / Consultant – responsible for implementing events,

regional meetings, WebEx and video conferences, and oversee the ALC Newsletter production.

2011 – 2013 Richemont International SA, Geneva (3/400/ 24’000 emp.)

Executive Assistant Group Security – supported the start up of global

standards targeting high end luxury affiliates while sharing prevention

information. Established the eRoom for maintaining documents which migrated to a group

security SharePoint as well as on the Richemont Wiki site. Established the global monthly

Group Security briefing, organized both on & off site meetings, including interpreters and

video connections. Managed the agenda including travel and expense reporting.

2009 – 2010 Various CDD contracts: Trivascular European Office / Galderma / Inverness Medical

2007 – 2008 Fortis Intertrust Group Holding, Geneva ( 25 emp. / 70’000)

Executive Assistant and Office Manager – to the Secretary General

and CFO. Organized meetings local & overseas, multi-site video

conferences on different continents, managed complex travel schedules, presentations,

office supplies, conference rooms and recently set-up a successful web-streaming.

1999 – 2007 Tradall SA, Meyrin - A Bacardi Company, Geneva (60 -200 / 6’000 emp.)

Executive/Personal Assistant to Global Manufacturing Americas – Manager

(previously the Global Human Resources (Global Manufacturing & Quality

Assurance Director)). Organized meetings local & overseas, multi-site video conferences,

offices with different continents, managed dynamic and changing travel schedules,

presentations, office supplies, conference rooms and chauffeur’s agenda. Managed the

employee social organization supporting health and cultural development for the staff

( 140 per., - budget CHF 70’000).

1998 – 1999 Integris, Bull (Suisse) SA Geneva – General Office Support MIS Dept,

Beckman-Coulter Nyon – CSR Telephone sales for UK reagents,

ALCOA Lausanne – Temporary Secretary

Executive Secretary / Personal Assistant

English / German / French

1994 – 1998 AT&T International SA, Geneva – ( 9-150 / 220’000 – 98’000 emp.)

Executive secretary - first employee hired in the new and expanding

structure. Organized meetings managed the agenda for the President,

A T&T Europe, Middle East & Africa. Regularly organized conference calls

between three and four continents including the first video conferencing.

1990 – 1993 Siemens Power Corporation, Bradenton, Florida ( 200 / 150’000 emp.)

Executive secretary to the Chief Technical Engineer for Turbine Production

Americas. Assisted in the publication of technical papers, articles ( IEEE)

and books directed towards engineers and the electrical industry.

1984 – 1989 LLoyds Bank, Geneva ( 200 emp.)

Joined as a back office administrator then promoted to forex treasury, later

transferred to the portfolio management as department secretary.

Crash of ’87 – Black Monday. LB Sport & Leisure Club.

1983 – 1984 Fotomat Corporation, St. Petersburg, Florida ( 300 / 2’000 emp.)

Administrative secretary for the national marketing team, US market.

EDUCATION

1979 – 1981 Bachelor Degree (BS) in Science - Marketing, University of West Florida

Course Descriptive: Marketing, Finance, Research, & Accounting

Delta Sigma Pi & Marketing Economic Student Society

1976 – 1978 Associate Degree (AA) in Business - St. Pete Junior College, Florida

1972 – 1975 Dixie Hollins High School Diploma

COMPUTER LITERACY

Strong skills in the Windows environment, Word, PowerPoint, Excel,

Email & Calendaring, Functional in the Lotus environment, Skills in Video

Conferencing, Voice Conferencing & Voice Bridging

LANGUAGES

Mother Tongue – English

Solid Comprehension – French

Solid Comprehension – German

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