As a leader, it’s inevitable, you become “chief of everything.” With so many relationships to manage and meetings to attend, it’s almost impossible to protect your thinking time. You need a professional, experienced assistant to help manage your diary, meet deadlines and represent you on the frontline. Someone who gets to know you, who you can trust.
In a growing business, your small team has to do all the tasks usually performed by HR, IT, finance and marketing but there’s never enough time. You need a business support team to improve processes and underpin your core operations. People who know how to communicate professionally with clients, partners and suppliers.
We are perfectly placed to provide an expert team to support you and your business. We work not only as executive assistants but also support the functional roles of business development, marketing, IT, HR and recruitment for our clients. We get to know your priorities and give you back more time.
Like many teams which sit at the heart of a business, we’re Virtually Priceless.
With your diary organised, and your priorities and deadlines backed up with the right support, you can begin to focus on the most important relationships around you.
Plus you’ll have more time for the most important things in life: your health, family and wellbeing.
Abbie is a dynamic and efficient VA with a wealth of experience supporting small and medium-sized businesses. With over ten years‘ of experience supporting senior executives in the UK and Bermuda, Abbie has extensive experience in the corporate law, property and construction industries.
Abbie’s genuine passion for her role, coupled with her incredibly high standards, ensures all tasks are delivered promptly and diligently.
Based in Kent with her husband and two boys, Abbie loves to run, play hockey and ride horses.
Ali has significant experience supporting senior leaders in a wide range of industries, including the British Consulate in Boston, USA, where she was involved in the organisation of royal and ministerial visits to the US. She has also held positions at Ernst & Young, Coventry University, ZF Automotive, Jones Lang LaSalle, and most recently, she supported Lord Gerald Fitzalan Howard on his country estate in North Yorkshire.
Ali maintains extremely high standards and has a keen focus on delivering high-quality work within deadlines. She possesses strong interpersonal skills and excels at building trust and establishing strategic and effective working relationships. Ali is fully proficient in the entire suite of Microsoft Office programs and has experience using Concur, Trello, CRM software, Canva, DotDigital, and various custom software packages. She enjoys utilising technology to streamline work processes and optimise performance.
Ali lives with her teenage son in Harrogate, North Yorkshire. Outside of work, Ali enjoys hiking, mountain biking, and renovating her 1960’s bungalow.
Angelika has over fifteen years’ experience working as an EA across many industries. She has worked for UBS, Goldman Sachs, Wellington Management, Pai Skincare and most recently the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Angelika is bilingual in German and English. She is incredibly enthusiastic, motivated, positive and able to remain focused and clear-headed with demanding and ever-changing workloads. She has excellent communication and organisational skills, always striving to go above and beyond to achieve tasks.
Based in Northern Ireland with her husband and two boys, Angelika loves to spend time at the beach, go for a run or do yoga.
Anika is a highly experienced Senior Executive Assistant with over thirteen years’ experience supporting C-Suite executives. Anika joined Virtually Priceless in 2020 following eight years at Barclays supporting several senior executives including the CFO for Barclays Service Company.
She has excellent organisational skills and is used to working in a fast-paced pressurised environment and managing a high-volume workload. Anika can adapt to each client’s requirements with meticulous attention to detail and a positive, professional ‘can do’ attitude. Anika thrives on organising, whether it be the diary, travel or lifestyle management.
When she isn’t organising others, she will likely be found running around after her young children or catching up with family and friends.
Charlotte has worked in a variety of industries including law, insurance and financial services. Her career as a PA has spanned over eighteen years and she has been working as a freelance VA for the last seven years.
Charlotte has a wealth of experience in complex inbox and diary management, intricate travel itineraries and event management along with other day to day administrative tasks. Through her experience as a VA, she has supported with HR matters including contract management and implementing onboarding processes. She has also provided social media support and loves to go the extra mile for clients by offering bespoke lifestyle support in the form of personal appointments, gift purchases and lifestyle management.
Charlotte is based in Essex and lives with her three children. She is a keen paddleboarder and loves being near the water. She is also studying in her spare time and is in the process of completing a master’s degree in Art Psychotherapy.
Claire has over thirty years of diverse experience in business across PR, Marketing and Administration, and for the last ten years has been a C-Suite Executive Assistant with both Board level PLC experience and Private Equity. Claire is a driven, self-motivated, strategic thinker with emotional intelligence, who maintains discretion, diplomacy and integrity at all times. A trusted and loyal professional, Claire understands the need to free up the Executive’s most valuable asset – their time.
Claire has an excellent work ethic, is a confident communicator with ‘a can do’ attitude. A highly organised individual with an incredible attention to detail, Claire has expertise in the management of multiple, often confidential, business support projects, diary management, as well as team leadership and vast event management knowledge. Claire is forward thinking, proactive and flexible, with an aptitude to prioritise and work well under pressure, to tight deadlines, able to challenge and always solutions-focused.
Claire lives in the beautiful town of Stratford Upon Avon with her husband. She has two grown up sons. Outside of work, she spends time at the gym, enjoys walking in the surrounding countryside and travelling – whether it be city breaks or more chilled locations.
Hiring a virtual assistant will radically change the way you operate. Communication is at the heart of any successful business, yet it’s even more critical when working remotely. It’s a whole lot easier with a team by your side who knows exactly what to do.
We have a team of highly skilled, elite VAs at Virtually Priceless, and our team really is our unique selling point because between us, we’ve worked with hundreds of senior professionals from many walks of life. We’ve supported CEOs of huge corporations and board level leaders at international banks. We’re the right-hand support for ambitious corporate high-flyers and we help entrepreneurs to get their new ventures off the ground.
Every virtual assistant in the Virtually Priceless team has years of experience and can be trusted to help you transform your working day and excel in your role.