Experience

Private Wealth Management
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Executive Administrative Assistant

  • Feb 2021 - Present


The Office in Stellenbosch

• South Africa
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Office Management and Administration

  • Apr 2013 - Feb 2021

  Executive PA and Office Management • Managing of 9 different high profile clients’ administration • Taking minutes at different board meetings • Financial filing and reconciliation • Managing of accounts for 2 physiotherapists • Booking coordinator and administrator - 4 different professional wheelchair seating courses presented in 3 regions. • Coordinated domestic and international travel plans and itineraries; arranging flight bookings, car services, and accommodation • Tracked clients’ personal bank accounts, paid bills, prepared invoices, travel expenses, corporate and personal billing reconciliation • Website maintenance and updating of info on different clients’ websites • Property management



Cryo-Save Group

• Switzerland
• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Medical Sales Representative

  • Jan 2012 - Mar 2013

  Medical Sales Representative • Marketing and selling the option to pregnant ladies to store their baby’s stem cells at birth. • Appointments with Gynaecologists • Compiling and executing of talks and power point presentations to the public at antenatal classes and Expo’s Medical Sales Representative • Marketing and selling the option to pregnant ladies to store their baby’s stem cells at birth. • Appointments with Gynaecologists • Compiling and executing of talks and power point presentations to the public at antenatal classes and Expo’s



Deli Spices (Pty) Ltd

• South Africa
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Sales Representative

  • Jan 2009 - Dec 2012

  • Head sales representative and consultant for all hot food and spice products • Set up and attending of executive meetings with market related clients to ensure successful product distribution. • Generate new and current business. Ensuring I meet my sales budget each month and enlarging the company’s business to the public. • Set up and executing of presentations to new clients and big commercial clients. • Coordinating and executing of Trade shows and consumer promotions. • Visiting stores and individual customers promoting products and building good customer relationships ensuring our products are being used correctly. • Set up of group training schedules and execution of training & demo’s. • New product development and improving of current products. • Compiling recipes, costing, planogram layouts and orders for individual stores. • Managing assistant reps and compiling calling cycles.



Delish Catering

• Food and Beverage Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Business Owner

  • Jan 2004 - Dec 2009

  • Liaising with clients to ascertain their precise event requirements • Producing detailed proposals for events (e.g. timelines, venues, suppliers, legal obligations, staffing and budgets) • Coordinating venue management, caterers, stand designers, contractors and equipment hire • Coordinating staffing requirements and staff briefings • Companies: Absa, Strategy Partners, Bloodstock SA, BARD, TecMed, Boehringer & Ingleheim, Transhex, Agri-Expo, Johnson & Johnson, Hertex Fabrics, Smith Tabata B.Boyes • Production of: 3 Course lunch/dinners, Business Conferences, Cocktail Parties, Children’s birthday parties, Weddings, Youth camps etc. • Evening food demonstrations • Marketing and Advertising of services and products



Absa Group

• South Africa
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Personal Assistant

  • Mar 2000 - Dec 2003

  • Managed advisor’s diary, e-mails, and travel arrangements • Set up and arrangement of group meetings • Attend meetings, took minutes and gave feedback on meetings • Assist in all office duties • Dealt with different Insurance Companies and Consultants • Requested and formulated quotations from different companies • Setup of policy schedules • Ensured that client queries, problems and needs were dealt with expeditiously • Managed advisor’s diary, e-mails, and travel arrangements • Set up and arrangement of group meetings • Attend meetings, took minutes and gave feedback on meetings • Assist in all office duties • Dealt with different Insurance Companies and Consultants • Requested and formulated quotations from different companies • Setup of policy schedules • Ensured that client queries, problems and needs were dealt with expeditiously



BLOEMENDAL

• Belgium
• Restaurants

• Function Manager

  • Jan 1999 - Mar 2000

  • Liaising with clients to ascertain their precise event requirements, producing a detailed description of every event which includes: Venue, table & seating arrangement, menu, hiring of extra equipment, staff requirements. • Coordinating everything on the day of the event to ensure that all runs smoothly • Coordinated functions (weddings, year-end functions, birthdays and conferences) • Managed weekly program for restaurant and other function venues. • Managed day to day duties of the restaurant • Drew up menus for different functions and coordinating with kitchen staff • Bar arrangements for different functions • Organization of staffing requirements and staff briefings for each function • Arranged functions for the following companies: ESCOM, Panasonic, Metropolitan Life, Shield Buying and Distributing.