Elizabeth Chisholm

Responsible for providing executive support to the CEO and managing the overall running of the African and Eastern head office in Dubai. My duties include ensuring the CEO’s office is assisted to the highest level of efficiency, managing a team of admin such as the Receptionists, Drivers and Office assistants. My key responsibilities are:

•Carrying out all administration work for the CEO. This includes sending correspondence on his behalf.
•Managing and carrying out all travel requests such as flights, hotels, road shows and on ground logistics.
•Processing personal and corporate expenses including rental payments, salaries and utilities.
•Planning and Organising corporate events for over 400 staff.
•Assisting the HR Department with policies and legal documentation.
•Negotiation contracts for corporate programs, hotel rates, private air travel and various other vendors.
•Coordinating all meeting requests including quarterly board meetings. This includes taking minutes of the meetings.
•Preparing and formatting all CEO presentations.
•Dealing with private & confidential matters with the upmost professionalism and integrity.
•Overseeing the maintenance and upkeep of the head office.
•Designed and wrote the various HR Staff Manuals that are in place.

Managed the overall running and administrative tasks for the busy office of the founder. My role Involved streamlining his office and implanting filing systems, databases and implementing processes that ensured his office ran smoothly without any delays. Responsible for the managing of the founder’s diary and ensured I was fully available 24/7 to be on call for any requests. My duties involved:

•Exceptional time management to oversee the busy schedule of the Founder.
•Managed all meeting requests including Board Meetings.
•Prepared and wrote all corporate correspondence for the Founder.
•Managed the diet requirements, personal preferences and health checks.
•Coordinated intense road show travel and detailed logistic requests.
•Interviewed and hired personal staff for the Founders family.
•Carried out and organized yearly staff off site events which were internationally held.
•Proof read and formatted all speeches, presentations and corporate marketing material.
•Assisted the Founders family with any personal requests.
•Ensured staff salaries were processed and paid on a monthly basis.

at CNR International in a temporary position. I assisted Senior Chemists in gathering and analyzing data which was in relation to the Oil Fields. My duties involved:

•Reading and researching information from various reports and documents.
•Using chemical equations and calculating tools.
•Implementing a useful and accurate filing system.
•Prepared presentations and presented to various different departments.

Provided support in all aspects and areas of the hotel reception. Checked guests in and out of the hotel in a timely manner, answered phone calls and dealt with any enquiries. My duties involved:

•Handling cash and manually calculating guest’s bills.
•Preparing and arranging the restaurant tables.
•Managing the concierge desk.
•Organising delivery of luggage.
•Ordering groceries and equipment for Kitchen staff.

GCSE’s in Arts, Drama, Biology, Computing &