Advisory Board

Jodie Mears FInstAM
Loyal Royal Member of The PA Way

Jodie has many years of high level service work experience, ranging from 1:1 EA Support, coordination and support within Bids & Proposals, to her current dual role as a Senior Administrative Assistant & Local Ethics & Compliance Officer for IMS UK at Collins Aerospace -Aviation industry.

Jodie has been with her current organisation, in the aviation industry for eight years and started as a temporary receptionist in 2012. Whilst keeping the faith and surviving many mergers and acquisitions during this time, Jodie remained loyalty to the company and her upheld her keen interest in the aviation industry during difficult times.

Lucy Brazier is one of the world’s leading authorities on the administrative profession

As CEO of Marcham Publishing, specialist publishers of Executive Secretary Magazine – a global training magazine dedicated to the professional development needs of senior and aspiring administrative professionals - Lucy works with the best trainers of Executive Assistants from around the world to deliver the most up to date and current training in the market.

Her passion is for the Assistant role to be truly recognised as a career and not just a job. Her formidable training expertise and speaking style have given her opportunities to train, present and Chair in over 45 countries at hundreds of events. This has created much needed discussions across the globe on how to professionalise the role. Lucy has also acted as a consultant on career progression, the future of the role and how Executives/ Assistants can best partner with each other, with some of the biggest companies in the world.

Paul Kelly
Founder of the Business Support Network

Paul has spent his career helping, empowering and championing the PA and Business Support industry. He has worked as a recruiter since 1998, and over the years, has grown his company - Strictly Recruitment into one of the of the most successful and prominent Business Support agencies in the UK. He has been lucky to work across various sectors including Professional Services, FinTech start-ups and disruptors, Banking & Finance, Executive Search, Property and Insurance, Sports Organisations and Clubs, and Media, Branding and Advertising companies.

Paul is now one of the most recognisable names and faces throughout the support community as a regular guest speaker and coach, and through his work as the founder of the Business Support Network (THE BSN), which has quickly become the go-to network for support staff. The network provides a packed schedule of inspiring events, skills sessions, tips, interviews and life-hacks provided by some of the best coaches and trainers in the world. Paul regularly contributes on The BSN using his coaching experience to help motivate and inspire the large community.

Web and contact links:

www.the-bsn.com

www.strictly-recruitment.co.uk

Raju Salique

Raju Salique is an ex banker by profession and brings in a magnitude of experience from his previous roles which include real estate, micro finance and a challenger bank. He left his highly respectable finance career which spanned across 5 years to break into a highly niche market of the Private Lifestyle & Concierge world. He is the Private PA and Chief Of Staff to a High Profile UHNW Saudi Family based in Chelsea since 2016.

Graduated from University with an Accounting & Finance degree, a student of the Chartered Bankers Institute Association, a regular public speaker for local charitable events, partner to an Asian catering company, keen hobbies include football, tennis and boxing, Raju Salique has possessed many attributes which has steered him down this path.

Read 'how I became a private pa' here

Skevi Constantinou

Skevi Constantinou is an EA with a wealth of experience across various sectors, predominately Corporate Finance. She is a huge advocate for the for the industry, evoking change by encouraging assistants to be heard as one voice.

Having created and launched the popular assistant lifestyle platform, The PA Way, Skevi’s mission is to ensure that assistants and admin professionals are valued, nurtured and listened to – by staging events and learning to enable them to “live like a boss!”

Skevi’s aim is to take assistants out of their bosses’ shadow and to own their own light. With a goal of ensuring that assistants become so powerful, that people do not know who the boss is, The PA Way is a fresh, fun and informative platform to allow assistants to “level up” by learning, development and events. Members are called Loyal Royals and are connected all around the world.

Yvette Pearson

Yvette has over 15 years’ experience in administrative and Office Management roles. Her experience extends from large blue-chip organisations and early-day start-ups, in both Financial Services and Aerospace.

Her career started as a Junior Administrator for a stockbroking firm, and she has worked her way up to Chief of Staff.

She is an international speaker, blogger and author, and is the founder of the weekly newsletter, The Admin Wrap.

Lisa Boissel
Managing Director Miss Jones PA

Lisa Boissel is the Managing Director of Miss Jones PA- A Global Leading Assistant & Event Planner Network. Miss Jones is the ultimate marketplace and community for assistants. At Miss Jones we recognise the importance of the role of the PA/Event Booker in Business today. Our network allows our members to Develop and Grow their skillset, Meet & Network like minded individuals and influencers of their field along with introducing our network to the best venues and suppliers to develop personal relationships when booking. Our membership is open to ALL assistants all over the globe! More info can be found on www.missjonespa.com

Paula Harding

Paula Harding is an Executive Assistant at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) managing Professor Phil Padfield, Dean of Education.

Paula is an ambassador of the EA/PA profession and is an active member of many business networking groups around the UK. Paula is passionate about encouraging assistants to collaborate to increase their business acumen, gain credibility and raise the profile of the profession.

Sarah El-Doori
Marketing Director of Reach Work

Sarah EL-Doori is Marketing Director of Reach Work, a portfolio of specialist jobsites including GAAPweb (finance & accounting), totallylegal (lawyers) and SecsintheCity (PAs and EAs) which is part of Reach plc. Previously Sarah was Marketing Director of Adecco UK and Ireland, originally hired to build brand awareness for Office Angels. She has championed the role of the PA by establishing the SecsintheCity PA of the Year Awards, now in their 10th year.

Lindsay Taylor
Director of Your Excellency Limited Virtual Academy

Lindsay Taylor is Director of Your Excellency Limited Virtual Academy, the UK’s leading training specialist for EAs, PAs, VAs and Administrative Professionals. A former EA herself, Lindsay has first-hand experience of the Administrative profession and appreciates the challenges and diversities of the EA/PA role.

Advisory Board

Jodie Mears FInstAM Loyal Royal Member of The PA Way