Zehra Kothari, Executive Assistant to Partner

Zehra Kothari

Executive Assistant to Partner

pricewaterhousecooper, dubai

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree,
Experience
21 years, 4 Months

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Total years of experience :21 years, 4 Months

Executive Assistant to Partner at pricewaterhousecooper, dubai
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since May 2010

• Diary, meeting, correspondence, travel & documentation management.
• Coordinating seminars and conferences & creating presentations.
• Collating weekly, monthly and quarterly reports - as required.
Accomplishments:
• Responsible for setting up meeting schedules, logistics, documentation and other arrangements of annual Internal review teams
• Assisted in setting up the first ever Women in Business breakfast meeting - a networking event for all UAE PwC female employees.

Assistant to Vice Chairman at Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd (Times Group)
  • India - Mumbai
  • September 2008 to April 2009

Independently managed the Vice Chairman’s office in Mumbai

Executive Assistant to Partner at McKinsey & Company, Mumbai, India
  • India - Mumbai
  • January 2007 to June 2008

• Diary, meeting, correspondence, travel & documentation management for Director.
• Coordinating seminars and conferences & creating presentations.
• Collating weekly, monthly and quarterly reports - as required.
Accomplishments:
• Assisted in conducting a three-day orientation/ training program for summer interns.
• Responsible for conducting telephone systems training for new recruits.
• Handling all client meetings, logistics and travel arrangements for McKinsey Global MD’s visit to Mumbai.

Executive Secretary to VP Sales & Market Development at Emirates Airlines (IT division)
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • July 2001 to August 2006

• Ensuring the efficient day-to-day running of all business operations and providing confidential administrative support to the Vice President, Regional Sales Managers and finance committee.
Accomplishments:
• Helped Sales team consistently achieve targets over a 3 year period by efficiently handling all travel arrangements for outgoing Sales team and incoming external customers (hotels, visas, tickets, etc).
• Convinced management of the importance of technology and championed for the implementation of a fully automated conference room for external customers.
• Was IT coordinator for all outstation offices for Emirates Airlines

Education

Bachelor's degree,
  • at St Xavier's College, Mumbai University
  • April 1996

Specialties & Skills

Administration
Innovative Thinking
Microsoft Excel
Team Management
Secretarial
NLP Practioner
MS Powerpoint
Lotus Notes
MS Word
MS Excel
MS Outlook

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Expert

Memberships

Platinum PA club
  • Member
  • June 2010