Hayley Bastable

Legal Executive Assistant @ Maple Wills

About

I am highly organised and an adaptable professional with a proven track record in business operations, diary management, and client relationship management. Known for remaining calm under pressure, managing multiple priorities, and delivering exceptional support to clients and colleagues alike. Currently working within the legal sector, I thrive in dynamic environments where no two days are the same and am always open to new challenges and opportunities for growth.I work at Maple Wills, which is a multi award winning Limited company with combined expertise of Will Writing, Trusts (including Lifetime) LPAs and Probate amongst many other associated services. My role as legal EA is not only to support the MD, but also our many clients. I hold a STEP advanced certificate in Estates and Financial planning, manoeuvring the client journey from initial enquiry through to completed documentation and I ensure they feel they have received the courtesy service they deserve. I am an EA with a demonstrated history working at C-suite/Senior Board level, within the Legal, Health, Educational, Military as well as the Retail industry.I had a career change when I founded the Retas Award winning HBB Cards (greeting card shop) in 2019, and it is one of my proudest life achievements.I opened my shop three months before the Covid 19 pandemic, with sheer grit and determination I got through it and developed a strong taste for success. #bekind in the workplace

Country

City

United Kingdom

Industry

Law Practice

Skill

Problem Solving, Decision-Making, Small Business Marketing, Sales, Business Marketing, Start-up Leadership, Paralegal Studies, Diary Management, Line Management, Leadership, Time Management, Event Management, Organization Skills, Confidentiality, Microsoft Office, Research, Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, Customer Service

Experience

Legal Executive Assistant

Maple Wills

2022-1 - Present · 4 yrs 9 mos

Olney

Our knowledge extends to Wills, Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) Will trusts and Lifetime trusts, Probate Services and Estate Planning (inheritance tax), professional landlord planning and funeral planning.

Founder

HBB Cards ( Newport Pagnell) Ltd

2019 - 2023 · 4 yrs

Milton Keynes

Founder of HBB Cards in 2019, a High Street business selling quality greeting cards and bespoke gifts. My company mission was simply to be different, to stand out from the rest, and I did! I was successful and won the prestigious National award of Best Newcomer in 2022 of the Retas Awards, a ceremony I attended in London, one of my proudest achievements to date, a challenge won at the unprecedented time of the Covid 19 pandemic.

Sales Marketing Consultant

CLC World Resorts & Hotels

2018-3 - 2018-12 · 10 mos

Costa del Sol Occidental, Andalusia, Spain

In an incredibly fast paced sales environment I was a holiday consultant working within this dynamic luxurious holiday resort based in Spain. With many first class hotels worldwide knowledge of the product was key and in the 10 months I was awarded most skilled holiday consultant twice.

Personal Assistant to Professor

University of Oxford

2014 - 2018 · 4 yrs

Oxford

I was employed as a full time personal assistant for a Professor of Chemistry, at a board level providing executive assistance and confidential support to the research Group as well as the Professor.

Executive Assistant

NHS

2011 - 2014 · 3 yrs

OCDEM, Churchill Hospital

I was the EA for a consultant and his team of three registrars. I managed the consultant’s electronic diary, travel diary and conference diary. A challenging job with the NHS, and juggling the diary for private patients.

Personal Assistant to Director of Services

The Chiltern Centre

2009 - 2011 · 2 yrs

Henley-on-Thames, England, United Kingdom

I was the Personal Assistant for the director of a care respite centre for disabled children and young people with special needs. The centre is a registered charity, partially funded by Oxfordshire County Council. I was involved in various fundraising events.

Personal Assistant to Commander in Chief FLEET

Royal Navy

2005-3 - 2007-9 · 2 yrs 7 mos

Northwood, England, United Kingdom

I was the Personal Assistant for the Commander in Chief FLEET of the Royal Navy. This role involved considerable diary management, including a heavy entertainments programme and events within the MOD. I had daily liaisons and appointment management of the commanders of ship fleets and numerous personnel within Whitehall and the Royal Navy.