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Sujatha Changarath, Legal Assistant to General Counsel and Head of Legal

Sujatha Changarath

Legal Assistant to General Counsel and Head of Legal·Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (du)

United Arab Emirates

Bachelor's degree, Administration And Finance

Work experience

Total years of experience: 28 years, 9 months

Legal Assistant to General Counsel and Head of Legal

January 2022 - Present

Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (du)

Dubai, United Arab Emirates Hybrid

January 2022 - Present

Pl refer to CV

Company industry:
Telecommunications

Executive Assistant to Global Managing Director – Oil & Gas and Legal EA to Regional Head of Legal

January 2014 - January 2021

Mott MacDonald

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

January 2014 - January 2021

 Preparation of employment contracts and HR manual for new hire
 Mobilisation of Staff: Arranging mobilisation and demobilisation of project-based staff
 Processing New joiner Visa, Medical insurance as per eligibility
 Organising new joiners induction to company, familiarisation and ensure employees adhere to Company
policies and procedures.
 Organising facilities for new joiners such as Workstation, IT access as required.
 Preparation of loan letters
 Track and maintain annual leave and update employees in compliance with company policy.
 Timesheet Management: Input of timesheet on weekly basis and tracking leave for all relevant staff.
 Proactively send notifications to reporting managers on Staffs Performance Development Reviews (PDRs) and
compile the same for annual salary increments / bonus.
 Sending annual appraisals formats and filing evaluated appraisals.
 Maintaining and updating the promotions and appointments for the MESA region.
 Arranging Exit interviews along with department heads for leaving employees and compiling minutes.
 Proactively update internal newsletter with all upcoming government holidays, change in government
regulations

Company industry:
Business Consultancy Services

Executive Assistant to Managing Director - Oil & Gas and Head of Legal

January 2014 - June 2020

Mott MacDonald

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

January 2014 - June 2020

Mott MacDonald is the global management, engineering and development Consultancy Company handling next-generation projects worldwide. OGP has global presence operating a network of diverse multi-disciplinary engineering teams of 1300 staff spanning 17 offices in 11 countries.
Diary Management - Day to day basis maintaining calendar, organising and diarising meeting appointments, arrange conference calls.
Business Communication - Self correspondence related to incoming/outgoing emails with efficient follow ups often corresponding on behalf of MD.
Presentations - Preparation of Powerpoint presentations for meetings.
Telephone - screening telephone calls, enquiries and requests appropriately.
Meetings - Circulating agenda / meeting packs for meetings in advance and taking and distribute minutes and follow up to take things to closure.
Travel Arrangements - Arranging flights, Limo service and accommodation for MD’s travel.
Visitor Management - Co-ordinating travel/accommodation arrangements, meeting and greeting visitors at all levels of seniority.
Reports - Collecting reports from all country managers, compiling them, as well as graphical representation to Senior Management.
Research - Carrying out background research on company’s interested topics and providing statistical findings as and when required.
Data Management - Maintaining database of regional organisations, documents, briefing papers, reports and presentations.
Expense Claim - On time settlements of official expense statements as per company policy.
Administrative follow-up - Efficient follow ups on behalf of MD with offices across the globe.
Events - Handled sales training/ major conferences for groups of 100 pax or more.
Marketing support - Organising marketing materials including brochures for major conferences, other offices within the region. Liaising with clients, suppliers for annual subscriptions and events.
Newsletter / Publishing news in Intranet - Publishing internal newsletter as well as in intranet on project wins and other important events.
CRM/BD Reports / Prospects Tracking Reports - Generate Business Development reports periodically using CRM systems within the company.
Business Contacts update - Update/file Business cards for easy access for MD’s Business contacts
Driver’s Schedule - Managing Driver’s schedule to fit Managing Director’s requirements.
Hotel /Event Contracts - Negotiation of hotel contract rates and other events rates
Bill Payments - Ensure all bills are settled as per company policy in a timely manner

In addition to the above, Legal EA Responsibilities include:
❖ Preparation of Power of Attorney: Notorising and Legalising of POAs as required by business
❖ Co-ordinating to Set up of New branch offices in the region.
❖ Maintain log of POAs, tracking of expiry dates and timely renewals.
❖ Drafting short letters, memos or notes (non-legal content)
❖ Organizing Arabic translation service for required documents.
❖ Ensuring documents are filed on Sharepoint site with correct file and matter details so that they can be located
centrally and easily for the legal team
❖ Logging all contract documents on a daily basis, assigning to Legal Counsels, tracking work flow as per work
queue system for review and maintaining database until close of the contract review by providing comments to
business.
❖ Comparing contract reviews and tracking similar reviews done previously for easy advice to the business.
Provide feedback to Legal counsel regarding the compared document with the preparation and checking
contract documents
❖ Maintaining accurate and up to date records of all proposals and meetings, monitoring compliance with
internal governance, commercial obligations, client engagement letters, register of signed contracts.
❖ Upkeep of Insurance certificates and trade licenses and tenancy contracts for various entities within the Group.

Company industry:
General Engineering Consultancy
Job role:
Secretarial

Personal Assistant to General Manager - Medical Services

September 2013 - December 2013

International SOS

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

September 2013 - December 2013

International SOS
Personal Assistant to General Manager - Medical Services EEMEA Region
September - upto December 2013 (Temporary Assignment)

International SOS is the worlds leading medical and travel security services company. During this period, I am handling Travel Management, Management Reports as well as various PA responsibilities.

Company industry:
Medical Hospital
Job role:
Secretarial

Executive Assistant to Vice President – Sales & Marketing, MEA Region

January 2009 - December 2013

DB Schenker

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

January 2009 - December 2013

 Marketing support: Organising marketing materials including brochures for major conferences, other offices
within the region. Liaising with clients, suppliers for annual subscriptions and events.
 Support Sales campaigns artworks for the country organizations.
 Liaise with Head office in Germany on the presentation, handouts, marketing and Product brochures.
 Coordinate all magazine/newspaper advertisements with marketing agency for partners and all other offices.
 Develop all required marketing support material for annual conference such as Logo / pull-up banners /
websites / invites (html) /notifications.

Company industry:
Administration Support Services

Personal Assistant to Vice President - Sales & Marketing, MEA Region

April 2009 - April 2013

DB Schenker

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

April 2009 - April 2013

DB Schenker
Personal Assistant to Vice President - Sales & Marketing, MEA Region
April 2009 to March 2013
DB Schenker is a logistics company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn AG, Germany. With almost 46
countries being handled by Regional Head office for MEA region, the following vast responsibilities were
involved for me as a PA to Vice President.

Diary Management - Day to day basis maintaining calendar, organising and Diarising meeting
appointments, Arrange conference calls.
Business Communication - Self correspondence related to incoming/outgoing emails with efficient follow
ups often corresponding on behalf of VP.
Meetings - preparing agenda for meetings and taking and distribute minutes and follow up to take things to closure.
Travel Arrangements - Arranging flights, Limo service and accommodation for VPs travel.
Visitor Management - Co-ordinating travel/accommodation arrangements, meeting and greeting visitors at all levels of seniority.
Reports - Collecting sales reports from all country sales managers, compiling them, as well as graphical
representation to Senior Management.
Research - carrying out background research on companys interested topics and providing statistical
findings as and when required.
Data Management - Maintaining database of regional organisations, documents, briefing papers, reports and presentations.
Expense Claim - On time settlements of official expense statements as per company policy.
Administrative follow-up - Efficient follow ups on behalf of VP at regional level with Managing Directors
Events co-ordination - Handled sales training/ major conferences for groups of 100 pax or more.
CRM - Handled CRM system (SMART) within the company
RFQ - Handled RFQs (Quotations) for Air & Ocean.

Company industry:
Distribution, Supply Chain & Logistics
Job role:
Secretarial

CRM Executive

January 2004 - December 2008

Emaar Properties PJSC

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

January 2004 - December 2008

In additional to EA responsibilities, additional CRM Projects handled as per below:

 Data Hygiene/ Data clean up/De-duplication of Emaar customer database through various channels.
 Launching E-services in Emaar.com in coordination with IT (similar to online banking)
 Established Service Request Priorities to enhance customer satisfaction.
 Data analysis of prospect information /Data Consistency/ Data Storage / Archiving system/ Customer
Satisfaction Survey
 Designed CRM Data Request form within the company to secure data within the company.
 Report on Sales performance, top 10 customers and customer behaviour through Cognos Reports.
 Involved in Customer Segmentation, Product Segmentation and update touch points in a customer lifecycle.

Company industry:
Real Estate
Job role:
Construction and Building

Secretary to Head of Salary Administration (Temp Role)

November 2003 - December 2003

Emirates Global Aluminium earlier known as Dubai Aluminium Company Limited (DUBAL)

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

November 2003 - December 2003

Company industry:
Manufacturing

Secretary to General Manager

January 2002 - October 2003

Mohsin Haider Darwish LLC, Tyres & Batteries Division

Muscat, Oman

January 2002 - October 2003

Company industry:
Administration Support Services

Secretary to 3 Research Scientists (Divisional Managers)

November 1997 - January 2002

UNILEVER LIMITED, Research & Development Centre

Bengaluru, India

November 1997 - January 2002

Company industry:
FMCG

Secretarial Apprenticeship Trainee

January 1996 - January 1997

Bosch Group

Bengaluru, India

January 1996 - January 1997

Company industry:
Automotive Dealership & Distributor

Education

Bangalore University

January 1998

January 1998

Bachelor's degree, Administration And Finance

India

- Bachelor of Commerce from Bangalore University completed in the year 1998.

Bangalore University

January 1998

January 1998

Bachelor's degree, Administration And Finance

India

Giridhar Ramnarayan Institute of Polytechnic

August 1996

August 1996

Diploma, Secretarial Practice

India

- Diploma in Secretarial Practice (3 yrs course) from Giridhar Ramnarayan Institute of Polytechnic,

Giridhar Ramnarayan Institute of Polytechnic

January 1996

January 1996

Bachelor's degree, Administration And Finance

India

Bangalore University

March 1993

March 1993

High school or equivalent, year

India

(Bangalore University) in the year 1996. Additional Qualification - Senior Typing and Shorthand. - Excellent command over MS Word, MS Excel, PowerPoint, MS Outlook, Intranet and Internet. - Have working knowledge in Oracle/ BI Cognos and MS Visio.

Skills

Shorthand
Expert
Shorthand
Expert
Administrative Support
Expert
Administrative Support
Expert
Microsoft Office
Expert
Microsoft Office
Expert
ARRANGEMENTS
Expert
ARRANGEMENTS
Expert
SELF CORRESPONDENCE
Expert
SELF CORRESPONDENCE
Expert
CRM
Expert
CRM
Expert
DATABASE
Expert
DATABASE
Expert
GREETING
Expert
GREETING
Expert
LOGISTICS
Expert
LOGISTICS
Expert
MARKETING
Expert
MARKETING
Expert
QUOTATIONS
Expert
QUOTATIONS
Expert
SALES
Expert
SALES
Expert
Shorthand
Expert
Shorthand
Expert
Administrative Support
Expert
Administrative Support
Expert
Microsoft Office
Expert
Microsoft Office
Expert
ENGINEERING ANALYSIS
Intermediate
ENGINEERING ANALYSIS
Intermediate
DECISION MAKING
Intermediate
DECISION MAKING
Intermediate
LEADERSHIP
Intermediate
LEADERSHIP
Intermediate
MANAGEMENT
Intermediate
MANAGEMENT
Intermediate
OFFICE MANAGEMENT
Intermediate
OFFICE MANAGEMENT
Intermediate
PROACTIVITY
Intermediate
PROACTIVITY
Intermediate
PROBLEM SOLVING
Intermediate
PROBLEM SOLVING
Intermediate
RESOURCEFULNESS
Intermediate
RESOURCEFULNESS
Intermediate
TACTFULNESS
Intermediate
TACTFULNESS
Intermediate
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Intermediate
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Intermediate

Languages

Hindi

Expert

Malayalam

Expert

English

Expert

Kannada

Expert

Tamil

Expert

Telugu

Beginner