Experience

Team17 Digital

• United Kingdom
• Computer Games
• 100 - 200 Employee

• EA to CEO

  • Dec 2022 - Present



Warner Bros. Discovery

• United States
• Entertainment Providers
• 700 & Above Employee

• EA to Chief Global Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer (EXCO)

  • Aug 2022 - Dec 2022

• EA to SVP & Head of Equity and Inclusion International

  • May 2021 - Aug 2022

  The Executive and I joined the DEI International team in Spring 2021. Starting as the only members of the team across APAC, LATAM, EMEA, together we built the foundations of the team, from the initial team org chart, strategy presentations, and a shared document collaboration site, to writing up job specs, interviewing, and recruiting 14 new team members. The position involved working closely with the US on a global level.- Traditional EA duties on a daily basis, such as calendar management, International travel, events, expenses- Managing attendees, agendas, and logistics, at all recurring meetings, while anticipating conflicts. Capturing notes, action points and key decisions- Learning about and developing processes to improve rhythm of business- Managing onboarding of new team inc tech, phones, intro to platforms and processes, intro PowerPoint slides, intro meets to key stakeholders- Collaboration with BRGs, Executive sponsors, comms, L&D, wellness, external agencies, to host National Inclusion Week, designed to showcase everyday inclusion in all its diverse forms. Scheduled programme of events, tech links, speakers, learning modules, handouts, all within budget, and a collaboration event to celebrate its success.- Retrieving employee survey results from Perceptyx for presentations and reporting- Team Amex card holder, seeing through the payment process for all BRG spend in line with budget.- Concur expenses & accruals. Show less



Warner Bros. Entertainment

• United States
• Entertainment Providers
• 700 & Above Employee

• EA to EVP & MD Warner Bros Home Entertainment UK, Eire, Spain, Nordics (EXCO)

  • Apr 2019 - Dec 2020

  Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group brings together Home Video, Digital Video Distribution and Video Games to maximise the distribution of Warner Bros. content through various retail and rental home entertainment outlets. WBHEG is responsible for the global distribution of Video content through DVD, Digital sell through and Transactional Video on Demand and is a significant worldwide publisher of Video games titles. • Managing an ever-changing diary schedule across multiple timezones • Planning and executing complex travel across multiple time zones; itineraries, hotels, taxis • Office management: office moves, tech orders, training, home office equipment/ team motivation • Meetings, cross divisional team updates, team drinks over Zoom/ Teams/ Webex/ Google meets • Organising and assisting offsite meetings including C-suite Executives from Burbank, staying overnight at the hotel to ensure 24 hour support/ transport to and from private dinner locations • Managing quick turnaround of expenses through Concur • Raising shopping carts/ purchase orders, payment of invoices, workflow using SAP • Organising internal and external business partner meetings Amazon, Sky, Apple etc. • Managing events - 120+ team summer event, movie premiere guestlists and business partner invites, Christmas lunch. Improving communication within the team, resulting in increased productivity. • Creating and formatting project documents /tenders using advanced Word • Managing cross divisional distribution lists and organisation charts, keeping up-to-date with movers and leavers, in order to create team wide correspondence and guest lists • Setting up sales pitch meetings in house, including decorating the board room with recent content • Ad hoc assistance to direct reports, with an ‘all hands on deck’ approach • Christmas swaps - liaising with competitor studios to negotiate swapping new release physical content for distribution to the team as a festive gift, 130+ staff Show less



EBRD

• United Kingdom
• Banking
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Secretary - Agribusiness - Banking

  • Jun 2017 - May 2018

  Secondment - as below

• Senior Secretary - Infrastructure - Banking

  • Sep 2009 - May 2017

  - Diary management - Budget Coordinator; processing and validating travel and expenses, questioning travel authorisations, cost codes and inconsistencies, ensuring the team are aware of new policies and procedures. Cross checking credit card statements, ensuring recovery of exchange rate losses;- Preparing documentation packs for meetings- Telecoms; video conference set-up- Complex travel; identifying travel options, saving budget, visas, currency, itineraries for a team of x 10 Bankers;- Office management; desk allocations, relocations, fire drill register, contact sheets- Proof-reading/ formatting - advanced Word- Recruitment drives; tests, WebEx interviews- Project-link management- Collating support unit comments for Board;- Contract processing Show less



Warner Bros. Entertainment

• United States
• Entertainment Providers
• 700 & Above Employee

• PA to VP Marketing International - Home Video

  • Feb 2008 - Jul 2009

  Supporting the Vice President of Marketing for Warner Home Video, plus six Directors. Remaining flexible at all times, this was an extremely busy position which involved heavy diary management, travel planning and daily use of SAP to initiate expenses for an ever travelling team of Marketing Executives.- Full ownership of the VPs diary; coordinated, re-organised and prioritised meetings;- Planned, budgeted and executed high level business development events for over 100 EMEA Warner Home Video executives, using strong negotiation skills with hotels and venues to cut costs - small amount of European travel involved;- European and international travel bookings for the Vice President and her five direct reports, keeping within the team annual travel budget;- Expenses using SAP, submitted within two days of return from travel;- Office management; team moves, relocations and new hire processing;- Managed department purchase orders and invoices using SAP on a daily basis;- Kept the marketing shared drive up-to-date with presentations from marketing events; - Maintained Warner Home Entertainment International contacts spreadsheet;- Distributed Blu-rays required for show reels, client gifts and display props for SonyPrepared and issued team meeting agendas and minutes, following up actions. Show less

• PA to General Manager Consumer Products

  • Nov 2007 - Feb 2008



Swiss Re

• Switzerland
• Insurance
• 700 & Above Employee

• EA to General Manager (temp maternity cover)

  • Aug 2007 - Nov 2007

  Working as the Executive Assistant within the Strategic Transactions Group within the Capital Management Department, I was the lynchpin of a team of 20+. An extremely busy role working across different time zones with diary schedules, arranging meetings, conference calls, travel plans for busy traders and the head of the department. Working as the Executive Assistant within the Strategic Transactions Group within the Capital Management Department, I was the lynchpin of a team of 20+. An extremely busy role working across different time zones with diary schedules, arranging meetings, conference calls, travel plans for busy traders and the head of the department.



Angel Trains

• United Kingdom
• Rail Transportation
• 100 - 200 Employee

• PA to New Build Projects Director

  • Aug 2002 - Aug 2007

  Providing PA support to the Head of New Build Projects, plus four project managers involved extensive diary management, reminding the team of upcoming meetings and the need to book flights and accommodation in advance, in order to secure availability at their chosen hotels. Following up with business expenses on return within two days. Comprehension of the structure and practices of the company and sound understanding of the role of the Head of New Build, enabling me to follow-up and communicate instructions across the team and the Engineering Department as well as liaising externally with customers and suppliers. Setting-up and managing the in-house support systems for smooth running, best practice and quality control within the department, e.g. AIMS a web-based system used for collaborative knowledge management which allows sharing and publication of work in a central location. Responsibility for logging and monitoring HR management information for the team (sick leave, annual leave etc) including reporting to RBS Group HR. Covering Director’s PA. As a long standing PA at Angel Trains, I kept a flexible, helpful approach to the newer less knowledgeable PAs and engineering graduates. Took on extra work load above my remit, e.g. Graduate Scheme Coordinator (explained below). See through the recruitment process when filling Graduate Engineer posts. Advertising post, collating CVs, scheduling interviews, accept/decline letters, conducting interviews as an accredited interviewer for the Royal Bank of Scotland Group, following the RBS screening process, negotiating salary, inducting new starters, liaising with mentors and keeping a smooth running graduate scheme; including the three yearly reaccreditation with the Institute of Mechanical Engineers. Show less



Career Break

• South East Asia/ Australia

• Travel

  • Sep 2001 - Jul 2002