Executive Assistan / Personal Assistant

RBS Americas, Stamford, CT (**/**-Present)

Executive Assistant to the Corporate Secretary & Head of Legal Policy

Responsibilities: Paralegal work such as organization of RBS Americas Divisional Audit and Risk Committees, Group Board visits, as well as the organization and distribution of materials, communications, memos in coordination with Group Corporate Governance Policies and standards; organization of Company records and minute books and files.

Secretarial duties: Maintenance of Corporate Secretary’s extremely busy schedule, heavy calendar, meetings, conference calls, travel, screening, prioritizing and keeping on track, preparing itineraries, company org charts, presentations and proofreading.

Other Duties: Day to day contact with law firms, subsidiaries, organization of seminars and Group visits, project work and back up for assistant to General Counsel.

Projects: Work in collaboration with outside counsel for company tax incentives in conjunction with new building and employment growth in Stamford. Work on ABN AMRO integration; organization of massive amount of important company documents. Organized training for new Corporate Secretariat software.

RBS Greenwich Capital, Greenwich, CT (9/06 – 12/07)

EA for Head of Communications and three attorneys in Legal and Compliance

Responsibilities: Administrative support to Head of Compliance, coordinating regulatory training for traders, updating regulatory charts, keeping track of certifications of company directors, helped prepare compliance presentations for internal training; organizing off-site training seminars. Administrative support to Head of Communications: screening calls from the press; maintenance and organization of company Bios, travel, expenses, itineraries and calendars for four executives.

De Visscher & Co., - Greenwich, CT 12/04 – 09/06

Executive Assistant to President

Responsibilities: Personal Assistant to President of financial firm - Extensive personal travel arrangements for president, family and children in college, managed personal invoices and files, bank wires; organized family events (Top of the Rock), business seminars in Greenwich, itineraries, heavy calendar and correspondence; preparation of marketing presentations; updating client database and shareholder questionnaires. Extensive speedwriting and language skills (President wrote for financial publications in collaboration with ghostwriter)

Cendant Mobility / Interconex, Danbury, CT 09/99 – 12/04

International Move Specialist / Consultant

Responsibilities: Monitoring international business moves, providing high quality service to international executives, troubleshooting with customs brokers.

Projects: Researched best rates & services of vendors – outcome – creation of a new department

St. Joan of Arc School, Orgeval, France 09/03 – 06/99

English Teacher

Responsibilities: Creation and implementation of program levels for all students in a very competitive private primary and elementary school (Paris suburb) Duties including preparations of exams, activities to promote language growth and confidence in students.

Accomplishments: Awarded authority to teach up to high school levels in private and public schools by district inspector.

Claude Temple Media – Champs Elysées – Paris, France 1991 - 1992

Public Relations Assistant

Helped promote and create the First Woman’s Golf Open in France, establishing connections with Media, Television Journalists, Celebrities, Press and sponsors.

Presented the Trophy for the Journalist Golf Competition as spouse of the major sponsor.

Education

1999 – 2001 – West Connecticut University – Danbury, Writing and Communications

1992 – 1994 – American College in Paris, TEFLE Diploma – Communications

2004 – Present - NY and CT Real Estate licenses

Skills

Ability to assess executive’s needs and structure an organized work environment and file system customized to his/her personality.

Computer skills; Outlook; Microsoft office; Word; Excel; PowerPoint; Omni page; ACT; excellent language skills. (Grammar, spelling etc.)

Other skills: Proofreading; Fluent in French; some Spanish; writing

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