Profiles
Issue: July / August 2015

PROFILE – Anita Maginniss

By - July 25, 2015

Anita is Founder of the Internal Assistant network at MITRE and Admin Angle, a knowledge-sharing and leadership portal 
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Issue: May / June 2015

PROFILE – Weka Avosa

By - May 25, 2015

Weka Avosa is the National President of PNGAAP, the Association in Papua New Guinea which is hosting the World Administrator’s Summit in August 2015 Can we start with a little background information? Where are you from? I am Papua New Guinean. I was born of mixed parentage. My Mum was from the Gulf Province and... Read more »
Profiles
Issue: May / June 2015

PROFILE – Laura Belgrado

By - May 25, 2015

Laura Belgrado is an Executive Assistant and world-class international trainer
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Issue: May / June 2015

PROFILE – Lizzie Mudzingwa

By - May 25, 2015

Lizzie Mudzingwa, personal assistant to the office of the chairperson of Telkom, is this year’s winner of South Africa’s Personal Assistant of the Year award Can we start with a little background information? Where are you from? I was born in Mzansi (South Africa) from a God-fearing family and loving parents, and am the eldest of... Read more »
Profiles
Issue: March / April 2015

PROFILE – Marion Lowrence

By - March 25, 2015

Marion Lowrence explains how circumstances took her from a successful career as an Assistant to one of the most recognisable industry leaders in the UK.
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Issue: January / February 2015

PROFILE – Heather Baker

By - January 25, 2015

Heather Baker is an International speaker, trainer and author, and the creator of the BakerWrite speedwriting system
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Issue: January / February 2015

PROFILE – Else-Britt Lundgren

By - January 25, 2015

Else-Britt is the Chairman of EUMA, Europe
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Issue: January / February 2015

PROFILE – PA of the Year Tribe 2014: The Amazing Journey We Walked Together

By - January 25, 2015

The International Year of the Secretary and Administrative Assistant 2014, initiated by South Africa’s Professional Association for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants (PAFSA), was launched to commemorate and mark the 30th anniversary since the first year of the secretary which was celebrated in 1984 in the United States. The year 2014 also marked the 9th year... Read more »
Profiles
Issue: November / December 2014

PROFILE – The UK’s First BA Honours Degree Graduates in Business Administration For Personal Assistants

By - November 24, 2014

Back in 2011, four aspirational Assistants embarked on a degree in Business Administration – the first degree in the UK to offer specific business administration techniques for management assistants. The course, was originally developed by Middlesex University in partnership with the Association of Personal Assistants, which closed its doors in January 2014 after its founder suffered a debilitating stroke.... Read more »
Profiles
Issue: September / October 2014

PROFILE – Freda Kelly

By - September 25, 2014

Freda Kelly was just 17 when Brian Epstein offered her the job of secretary of the Fab Four’s fan club. She was an eye-witness to music history in the making.
Profiles
Issue: September / October 2014

PROFILE – Bonnie & Vickie: How Two Successful Women Choose to Collaborate, Not Compete

By - September 25, 2014

Photo credit: Vernon Jacobs Bonnie Low-Kramen and Vickie Sokol Evans: Authors, International Trainers & Inspiration to Assistants worldwide. Where are you both from and what are your current roles? Bonnie I was born and raised in New Jersey in the shadow of New York City. I grew up in Belleville, the home of the Jersey Boys... Read more »
Profiles
Issue: September / October 2014

PROFILE – Joy Hannon

By - September 25, 2014

Joy Hannon talks about her experiences as an Assistant who is hard of hearing Can we start with a little background information? Where are you from and what is your current role? I’m actually a country lass. I was born and brought up in the Derbyshire countryside 54 years ago, and my mum still lives in the... Read more »
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Issue: July / August 2014

PROFILE – Julie Perrine

By - July 25, 2014

Julie Perrine is the Founder and CEO of All Things Admin
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Issue: July / August 2014

PROFILE – Matthew Want

By - July 25, 2014

Matthew Want is EA to Lucy Brazier, Publisher of Executive Secretary Magazine
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Issue: May / June 2014

PROFILE – Leeanne Graham

By - May 25, 2014

Can we start with a little background information? Where are you from and what is your current role? So I am 29 and live in South East London. My dad was in the army so I was born in West Berlin and as a child lived in places such as North Ireland and Canterbury in... Read more »
Profiles
Issue: March / April 2014

PROFILE – Jasmine Freeman

By - March 25, 2014

The road from being a 15 year old teenage mum to becoming Vice President & Chief Executive Assistant at Office Dynamics has not always been a smooth one but as Jasmine Freeman explains in this moving interview, there are positive lessons to be learned and inspiration to be found in every journey. Can we start... Read more »