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.
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.
Gemma has over fourteen years’ experience as a corporate PA within the insurance and financial services sectors and has also worked within the coaching and health and wellbeing environments. She worked for Beazley Insurance for
seven years as PA to the CEO and Chairman and also holds marketing experience and qualifications.
Gemma has extensive experience in meeting the needs of clients, delivering assignments on time and to a high standard. She is accomplished in inbox and calendar management, minute taking, formatting and can anticipate a variety of requirements. Gemma is professional, resourceful and able to deal with sensitive, confidential information.
Based in Kent with two daughters, Gemma loves the outdoors and will often be found at the stables or wandering around the local apple orchards.
Jarrah is a highly experienced EA, having completed twelve years at Barclays supporting various senior executives across Barclaycard and the Retail Bank.
She has excellent diary management skills and thrives on working in a fast-paced environment, adapting her work to the changing priorities for the executive(s) she supports. Being a ‘go-to’ person at work is something Jarrah gets great satisfaction from, helping others and just making someone’s life that little bit easier is what she feels she was made for!
Outside of work, Jarrah’s two children keep her busy but she loves to find the time to bake cakes and treats for her family and friends as often as possible. Her cakes have given her quite the reputation in the office over the years as well!
Karen has 15 years of experience as an Executive Assistant and worked at Marks and Spencer in London for 9 years as an EA for the Executive Board and CEO’s Office. In 2017 she relocated back to Exeter, Devon to be nearer family. She then worked for Pennon Group (FTSE 250) for 6 years, progressing from an EA for the Executive team, to Head of the CEO’s Office, which included line management responsibility.
Her expertise includes complex email and diary management, which has covered working across multiple time zones, detailed logistics planning (inc visa preparations) and working on company board papers and reactive media statements. Karen is also adept at managing personal administrative tasks as needed. She prides herself on her professional, but warm and engaging style, which has helped foster many long-lasting relationships.
Outside of the working world, Karen can often be found hiking in the countryside or indulging in the many seafood restaurants available in Devon!
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.
