LAN ANH VU

Strategic Advisory & Executive Partnership: # Act as a trusted advisor and strategic sounding board to the CEO, providing alternative perspectives to ensure executive decisions are thoroughly vetted and challenged. # Lead the "logistics of leadership" by ensuring the CEO is fully prepared for all high-level engagements and that key decisions are effectively communicated and tracked. Global Operations & Entity Management: # Maintain full accountability for the administrative and operational health of the company’s UK and Vietnam entities. # Oversee local logistics, office management, and administrative compliance across diverse international jurisdictions. Leadership Team Accountability & Special Projects: # Facilitate Leadership Team meetings, capturing critical actions and driving follow-through to ensure the team remains accountable to its commitments. # Spearhead high-impact special projects, including the delivery of cross-border initiatives, office set-ups, and bespoke operational improvements.

Main activities involved: + Representing the Chairman in external affairs domestically & internationally + Managing the company offices’ administrative activities (3 in Vietnam & 5 overseas) + Assisting the Chairman in projects directly under his management & supporting BOD activities in general ---------------- External affairs # Representing the company to work with Vietnamese and international government authorities and private agencies regarding office setup processes and legal residency of company staff relocating overseas as well as foreign staff residing in Vietnam. # Cultivating relationships with the company's business partners and clients through customized guest welcome programs on behalf of the Chairman. Internal affairs # Building policies and guidelines for the administrative activities in domestic and global offices. # Managing an Office Administration team of 10 and a Division Assistant team of 7 staff. EA to Chairman and BOD # Assisting Chairman in daily tasks, schedules’ management and plans as well as executing various tasks assigned by BOD depending on abilities. # Coordinating, monitoring, verifying and following through of project works/ instruction/ assignments/ documentation instructed by Chairman to Company departments/ divisions. # Checking and verifying documents to be signed by the Chairman. # Booking Chairman’s travel arrangements and accommodation when necessary, completing incurred payment. # Preparing/ coordinating BOD’s monthly, quarterly, yearly review meetings.

(This position is a promotion after my nearly two years working as the Executive Assistant for the school leadership) # Managing the English faculty of 56 foreign teachers and 15 Vietnamese teachers and staff # Attending top leaders’ meeting to cascade information to the English faculty # Connecting the English faculty with the Operational departments of the school by ensuring thorough communication and instruction # Supervising and keeping track of the English faculty’s tasks, progress and results – both individual teacher/staff’s duties and the whole team’s responsibilities # Assisting the Faculty members in daily activities – getting the help they need by directing them to/contacting the right person for the right purpose # Reporting & giving feedback to the Head of English program and other top leaders regarding the English faculty’s job on behalf of the Faculty members # Speaking in parent seminars, keeping in touch and answering parents’ questions about the English faculty related matters # Other ad hoc duties as and when requested

# Honoring outlined ethical codes to ensure sensitive and confidential information remains secure and protected # Coordinating the agenda of senior management team meetings, preparation of agenda and meeting minutes as needed. Independent follow-up on action items from meetings # Supporting the Leadership Team in the organisation and detailed planning of special events # Preparing content and presenting in seminars and meetings # Translating correspondence, live speeches, and documents from Vietnamese into English and vice versa, with careful attention to providing proper context, meaning, tone and wording # Documenting changes to translated materials, and maintain an orderly method for filing data for reference later on # Proof-reading all documents of the school before publications # Other ad hoc duties as and when requested

# Assisting the CEO in problem-solving and decision-making process # Prioritizing conflicting needs, handling matters expeditiously, proactively, and following through to successful completion # Handling confidential information with discretion, being adaptable to various competing demands # Acting as an ambassador/gatekeeper to the CEO, ensuring he is kept informed of upcoming events, commitments and responsibilities with appropriate and timely follow up. Communicating with the company staff on the CEO’s behalf # Organizing CEO's daily, complex, and continuously varying calendar and priorities # Other ad hoc duties as and when requested (*) Reason for leaving: The umbrella corporation restructured the system and removed the company’s leadership.

# Acting as a first point of contact to the Deputy General Director (DGD) # Managing diaries and organizing meetings and appointments # Booking and arranging travel, transport and accommodation for the DGD on business trips # Reminding the DGD of important tasks and deadlines # Typing, compiling and preparing reports, presentations and correspondence # Managing databases and filing systems # Implementing and maintaining procedures/administrative systems # Miscellaneous tasks to support the director, which will vary according to the sector and to the vice director’s remit (*) Reason for leaving: The job demanded odd evening hours.

Main activities involved: + Translation (Vietnamese to English and English to Vietnamese) + International Import – Export Customs + Writing periodic business reports ---------------- # Taking part in meetings with foreign partners and interpreting for the Deputy General Director (DGD) # Coordinating with counterparts from subsidiary companies # Executing important documentation on behalf of the company # Writing periodic business reports # Assisting Customs Administrations and International Export - Import Trading # Taking charge of recruitment process according to order from the DGD # Screening phone calls and dealing with enquiries where appropriate # Making appointments and planning DGD’s diary # Organizing and attending meetings; taking minutes and ensuring director is well-prepared for meetings # Replying to emails, faxes and post # Booking travel arrangements and accommodation when necessary, completing incurred payment # Organizing and maintaining office systems (*) Reason for leaving: The company relocated to Bac Ninh province.

# Overseeing daily center operations and coordinating center activities through assigned staff; prioritizing and delegating work activities. # Recruiting center participants and members utilizing most appropriate methods. # Supervising the activities of subordinates. # Preparing periodic reports, financial statements and records on center projects, progress, status or other special reports for management or outside agencies. # Directing, monitoring research activities including data collection, evaluation and analysis for a research project. # Writing communication and promotional literature for distribution such as newsletter, brochures or flyers and coordinating printing and distribution. # Maintaining direct contact with personnel of various outside organizations and university departments associated with center projects. (*) Reason for leaving: Looking for assistant position in bigger organizations.

Accountant: # Preparing Tangible Asset, Personal Income and Taxation, Social Insurance accounts’ entries by compiling and analyzing account information. # Directly handling relevant procedures with Banks, the City Department of Taxation, Dong Da District Social Security. ---------------- Office Administration: # Letter writing, dealing with telephone and email enquiries. # Maintaining filing systems, organizing, storing documents. # Scheduling and attending meetings, creating agendas, keeping diaries and arranging appointments, travel and accommodation for staff and other external contacts. (*) Reason for leaving: Looking for more well-rounded experiences into a business entity’s operation.

• Receiving, identifying and verifying merchandise. Making claims with transport companies if delivered merchandise has been damaged. • Providing information to and assisting customers. • Maintaining files appropriate to the activities of the unit, such as invoices, order number, receiving date, shipping date, etc. Preparing reports.

The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) provides academic direction for this program. This degree helps gain the economic reasoning, quantitative skills and institutional knowledge required to solve practical problems arising in finance.