My PA/EA career started in 1997 as a team secretary initially working my way up to PA to the Finance Director and designated cover for the Governor and Deputy Governors offices before relocating back to the Northwest in 2014 where I was PA For the Deputy Agent in a Satellite office.
After 22yrs service I was headhunted and went to work for a Global payments/FinTech company, based at their Manchester office, where I spent 3 enjoyable years working with to the VP of Global Operations Solution Consulting and VP of Global Billing, as well as being the site lead support and having responsibility for colleague engagement across the Manchester office. I won the Michaela Ferguson Burns award (a business award initiative) whilst working here for outstanding contribution.
I was then offered the opportunity to come to Barclays where I support Managing Directors, Directors, and their teams, within the Chief Technology Office. Alongside this day-to-day role I help lead on colleague forums and employee resource groups as I am passionate about colleague engagement and mental health and wellbeing. I believe that as an Executive Assistant we can bring much more to the business, and I look for ways to showcase this.
My spare time is spent as a volunteer, in my local town of Warrington, where I am one of the Turnstile Operators at Warrington Town FC. I also cohost a monthly supper for the women of Warrington for a local charity that has a focus on all things wellbeing and mental health. I work with this charity to lead wellbeing walks for their members and am involved in an annual suicide awareness event that sees huge numbers of people walk from darkness into the night to help raise awareness. I am an advocate for mental health and wellbeing having come through my own personal struggles and believe we can all make a difference.