EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT & STRATEGIC OPERATIONS SUPPORT
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Providing strategic operational and executive support to CEOs and founders, acting as a trusted partner across board coordination, operational delivery, governance and stakeholder management.
Key Contributions:
• Implemented a single travel-management platform replacing multiple legacy booking workflows, supporting ~1,300 annual trips and reducing administrative handling by ~800 staff hours per year while streamlining approvals and consolidating supplier invoicing. Estimated savings of £56k/yr in annual productivity value.
• Implemented and strengthened network infrastructure strategy during HQ relocation to Harwell Campus, benchmarking four suppliers and introducing secondary fibre redundancy to remove single-point-of-failure risk and align connectivity with projected organisational scaling.
• Designed and implemented a structured onboarding and induction framework during organisational scaling (from early start-up to 70+ staff) where none previously existed, using SharePoint to centralise documentation, Monday.com to track onboarding progress, and reusable templates to support consistent integration of new starters across teams.
• Strengthened reporting visibility and workflow coordination across leadership teams to reduce operational bottlenecks and improve decision support
• Coordinated board-level documentation and leadership meetings, supporting confidential decision-making across senior stakeholders.
• Acted as a trusted operational partner translating strategic direction into structured execution
• Supported start-ups and growing businesses with scalable operational frameworks.More...