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I recently had the pleasure of working with Marie again on a project to support the hiring of senior people. The Nominations Committee Hiring Panel were themselves all senior, very busy people. Marie provided fantastic support throughout the project - from contacting applicants, to interview logistics and keeping the pace up. At all times Marie keeps you informed, which means peace of mind for the busy recruiters and crucially a professional impression on applicants. Thank you and hope to work with you again soon.
Marie worked with me to put on a fundraising ball, at Hotel du Vin in Tunbridge Wells, for the charity that I founded and run. Her instinct for what would work well including sourcing our MC for the evening and photographer, made the event surpass my expectations both in terms of enjoyment and the amount of money we raised. Her attention to detail, organisation skills, knowledge of what needed doing and connections contributed to an evening that I was able to enjoy, which in turn, meant that I have time to spend with our guests . Marie not only managed the organisation of the event, but she also helped to recruit guests, auction and raffle prizes. I am very thankful to her and can't recommend her highly enough.
Marie worked with me for 8 years as my executive assistant and in that time made a considerable impact on our business by ensuring I was able to work effectively, on time and responsively. Marie’s planning and administration skills were second to none and she was able to anticipate what needed doing and react in a friendly, courteous and accurate way. Marie was popular with internal and external customers but was no push over as she is tenacious, hard working but at the same time a true professional. I would have no hesitation in recommending Marie.
I started using Marie’s service in 2018. We kicked off with events organisation and quickly moved to a full remote PA service. A couple of things have happened as a result of this, I’m dramatically more efficient and I’m a good deal less stressed. The retained basis we have agreed is good value compared to a full time employee and provides good flexibility; lots of input when we are very busy and a stand down position when we are slack. It feels like a luxury to start with but is actually complete common sense.
Marie has great ability at events organising, project management and as an executive assistant. On the first, she has organised a number of events for me.. They couldn't be more diverse – a 100 person wine tasting event, a golf day, and, jewel in the crown, a crucial set piece report launch at the House of Lords, involving very senior peers, politicians, regulators, financial services industry leaders, consumer interest groups etc etc etc. The chair of the meeting was a former UK ambassador to three major countries. He said to me afterwards - reviewing the impact the report has had - 'you do realise, Laurie, that the launch meeting was a triumph'. Many months, of many people's effort and energy, go into a such a report. A poor impression at a launch can undermine all of that, profoundly. Not a problem if Marie is on the case. Her attention to detail is meticulous and her willingness to persist in order to make sure things are right and people do things they promise, even when pushing is not popular, is essential. These qualities apply as she also ensures that project management is strong and -with delivery on time and reliability from her guaranteed - are also key to the work she does as an executive assistant. She can deal at any level of seniority, from the most junior trainee to Government Ministers, and treats them with equal respect and equally effectively. You can sleep nights if Marie is working with you.
Marie provided me with outstanding Executive Assistance for many years. Fast, friendly, reliable, willing and resourceful are just a few of the words that spring to mind. I recently worked again with Marie on an important charity event attended by a number of high profile guests and found her to be as effective and dependable as ever.
Marie did a brilliant job organising a client event on our behalf. This was from the point of booking the event, overseeing invitations right up to issuing final event details, thus keeping our clients fully informed. Essentially Marie made this stress free for us.
Last year Marie facilitated our client event day at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. This really took the pressure away from us as Marie took care of relaying out initial ‘save the date’ invitations to our clients and following up with reminders, replacements clients where some subsequently could not attend and providing useful information in advance of the date itself. Marie also took care of negotiating a good package with the event organisers. Normally arranging, inviting etc is something we have historically had to do in addition to our day job so becomes a bit of a stress! Things worked so well that we are now using Marie again for 2020.
Marie just organised another event for us - it all went really smoothly, we received great feedback from all our guests and, what's more we all enjoyed it! Thanks Marie - great job!
Thanks Marie for arranging another brilliant event for us at www.dinnerbyheston.com at the Mandarin followed by drinks at http://radiorooftop.com/ at the top of the Me Hotel. All of our guests felt they were very well looked after, at what was a very polished and fulfilling afternoon and evening for everyone. Well organised and executed.