Olga Khnusyan, Executive Assistant

Olga Khnusyan

Executive Assistant

NextCare

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree, Linguistics
Experience
13 years, 0 Months

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Total years of experience :13 years, 0 Months

Executive Assistant at NextCare
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • April 2016 to July 2019

• Managing a variety of different projects related to the business
• Organizing and managing top management meetings
• Taking minutes, providing reports and action point’s reports
• Preparing variety of presentations for the CEO and RCOO
• Following up on action points and projects deliverables, making sure the projects are finalized in timely manner
• Organising our global partners visits and events
• Providing analytical studies (CBA analysis) for new projects in various countries.

Executive Assistant to CEO at Garden Of Ayden
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • December 2014 to June 2015

• Assisting in preparation of the business presentation for the potential investors
• Organising and creating a database of all business cards of the business owner (more than 1000 contacts)
• Creating various documents and materials for the business
• Assisting in various tasks as a private assistant (bookings of the restaurants, picking up a child from school etc…)
• Assisting with obtaining visas for the household staff
• Taking notes during investor meetings and presentations and typing them after to be presented to the Founder
• Scheduling meetings
• Preparing detailed travel itineraries (including flights, hotel bookings, car rentals, maps, navigation coordinates etc…)
• Solving technical issues with office equipment (printers, computers etc)
• Setting up necessary systems and programs on business computers
• Creating backup drives (with music, photos and videos) for the Founder
• Sorting out the issues with IPhone and Blackberry phones and setting up email accounts and other applications as required
• Maintaining the stock for the office stationery

Executive Assistant at Thomson Reuters
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • June 2013 to July 2014

 General responsibilities of an Executive Assistant to the VP of the company (complex travel arrangements, arranging and maintaining complex multinational meetings schedules as well as phone/video conference calls, organizing and maintaining contacts database)
 Expense reports preparation and submission
 Invoicing
 Taking minutes at the team meetings
 Presentations preparation
 Developing and maintaining positive relationships with suppliers and service providers in the global multicultural environment
 Participating in the organization of the events
 Project Management support to the Product Development team (coordinating teams across few regions, providing the follow up reports and escalating issues when deadlines are not met)
 Providing new starters with all essential information and support during their first weeks
 Providing administrative support to all teams members when required
 Supporting the strategy team by implementing research tasks and reports across MENA, S. Africa and Russia

Executive Assistant to EVP, Global MD at Thomson Reuters
  • United Kingdom
  • September 2011 to April 2013

SEP 2011 - present Thomson Reuters, London Executive Assistant to EVP, Global
MD/+ team of 11
Project Coordinator

• General responsibilities of a Personal Assistant to the MD of the company (complex travel arrangements, arranging and maintaining complex multinational meetings schedules as well as phone/video conference calls, organizing and maintaining contacts database)
• Expense reports preparation and submission
• Invoicing
• Stationery and office supplies stock maintenance
• Presentations preparation
• Developing and maintaining positive relationships with suppliers and service providers in the global multicultural environment
• Participating in the organization of the events
• Creating and maintaining monthly project management reports (incl. estimated revenue numbers for all projects as well as individual (employees) hours and revenue numbers, utilization reports (team and individual), P&L analysis.
• Providing new starters with all essential information and support during their first weeks
• Providing administrative support to 12 team members when required
• Working with few project management, trading and invoicing tools (Agresso, Clarity, Trust, Siebel, Thomson One, MarkView 170)
• Regularly participating in the various training programs and internal company courses on new tools and resources.

Sales/Executive Assistant to CEO at Eventica
  • United Kingdom
  • October 2006 to December 2007

OCT 2006-DEC 2007 Eventica, London Sales/Executive Assistant to CEO

• General responsibilities of a Executive Assistant to the CEO of the company & office manager (travel arrangements, maintaining the meetings schedules, arranging phone and video conferences, etc.)
• Accounting and banking operations (corporate and private)
• Bank reconciliation
• Petty Cash
• Debtors chasing
• Invoicing
• Developing and maintaining positive relationships with suppliers and service providers, as well as with potential clients & sponsors
• Organization of the events

EA to MD / Project Manager at NIKITSKY RUSSIA/CIS OPP. FUND (Finance)
  • Russian Federation
  • July 2005 to September 2006

JUL 2005-SEP 2006 NIKITSKY RUSSIA/CIS OPP. FUND (Finance) EA to MD / Project Manager

• Supporting Managing Director with all legal and financial matters for setting up the company
• Dealing with petty cash
• Initial contacts with banks, potential investors and Russian high-net worth individuals
• Planning and organising meetings and seminars in Moscow on behalf of foreign partners and clients
• Dealing with private issues: travel arrangements, household staff management, finances and bills, hotels booking, restaurants and entertainment programs for guests.
• Playing a key role as an interpreter on behalf of Asset Managers
• Properties management: refurbishments, finding & dealing with tenants

Advertisement Sales / EA to CEO at A & A INFORM LTD
  • Russian Federation
  • February 2003 to July 2005

FEB 2003-JUL 2005 A & A INFORM LTD Advertisement Sales / EA to CEO

• Conducting negotiations with potential sponsors
• General EA responsibilities: corporate and private.
• Researching and presenting programmes covering a variety of cultural and economic issues with involvement in the complete production process through to the final edit

Account Manager at PRECIOUS & RARE INDUSTRIAL METALS
  • Russian Federation
  • October 2001 to February 2003

OCT 2001-FEB 2003 PRECIOUS & RARE INDUSTRIAL METALS Account Manager

• Managing an extensive portfolio of foreign clients with responsibility for negotiating pricing, quality and delivery schedules
• Actively involved in a key project aimed at improving branding including selecting vendors, overseeing the design of the website and marketing materials
• Project managing the selection and installation of a granulation machines in Russia having screened and selected the supplier and negotiated the purchase

Freelance interpreter and translator

Main clients included: Financial Times; Refco Emerging Markets, USA;
International Financial Centre, Montreal; Nikoil Investment Bank;
International Finance Corporation; Cambridge Russian Institute, etc
FURTHER SKILLS

I.T. Proficiency: Advanced PC Users including: PC and Apple operational systems user, Word, Excel,
PowerPoint, Outlook, various other programs. Fast learner.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Linguistics
  • at Modern University for Humanities
  • January 2001

Bachelors Degree: Linguistics (2001) Modern University for Humanities, Moscow, Russia

Specialties & Skills

Travel Planning
Project Management
Project Coordination
Administrative Support
People Skills
ARRANGEMENTS
CLIENTS
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT
INTERPRETER
INVOICING
PRODUCTION PROCESS
TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS
Analytics

Languages

English
Expert
French
Intermediate
Russian
Expert
Spanish
Beginner

Memberships

Groups on Linked In
  • professionals
  • March 2009

Training and Certifications

Bachelor Degree in Linguistics (Training)
Training Institute:
Modern University for Humanities
Date Attended:
September 1997

Hobbies

  • Cinema, Diving, Yoga, Languages, Travelling, Decoupage on wood