Lynda Beccarelli

Colt DCS has more than 20 years’ experience in delivering best-in-class data centres and are a pioneer of modular, flexible design and operation of highly resilient and efficient data centres. Senior Executive Assistant to Niclas Sanfridsson CEO & Joe Palmer VP HR Previous Roles: EA to Detlef Spang, CEO / EA to Limor Brunner, VP HR • Member of Executive Leadership Team and ‘Go To’ person for CEO and Executive Leadership Team • Supporting CEO to achieve Company Plan, Strategy and Objectives • Board Liaison involving preparation of Board Papers and Executive Committee documents • Relationship Management between the CEO, Customers and Business Partners • Handling confidential and highly sensitive information under NDA • Confidante and sounding board for CEO • Working autonomously and unsupervised • Gatekeeper • Screening and progressing emails/inbox on behalf of CEO • Arranging briefs ahead of meetings • Diary management, juggling a demanding schedule across multiple time zones (EMEA, APAC & US) making business decisions on best use of CEO’s time, delegating, arranging face to face meetings or conference calls and allotting adequate time • Handling IT issues ensuring Zoom and Teams meetings run smoothly for CEO • Making decisions and delegating tasks within agreed parameters • Co-ordination of complex domestic and international travel including visa processing • Accompanying CEO to Strategy meetings, taking minutes and distributing actions • Authorisation of Extended Leadership Team travel, expenses and HR requests • Overseeing PA support to Executive Leadership team • Ensuring systems, policy and procedural requirements are withheld by the wider team • Office/Facility management

Colt provides world-class global network and voice services: optical, ethernet, cloud, cybersecurity, capital markets, business internet & VPN, and voice. Executive Assistant to Julie O'Hara, VP Services Colt Enterprise Solutions • Extensive diary management for VP across Europe and India, prioritising business critical internal and external meetings • Monitor and plan VP’s time to meet with peers and direct reports on a regular basis and ensure the VP is visible in each of the office geographies within Europe • Provide briefing and prepare supporting documents ahead of VP’s meetings • Management of team meetings, setting the agenda, location, room bookings, hospitality, guests, capturing key information and chasing actions • Planning travel itineraries, transfers and hotel bookings • Maintaining VP’s inbox and progressing on behalf of VP • Accessing VP’s systems to progress authorisations and HR requests • Arrangement of video/audio conferences and meeting room bookings • Ownership of Senior Management Team Sharepoint site • Approval of team travel, purchase orders and recruitment adhering to company policy • Assist and provide cover for other peer EA’s when required

Computacenter is Europe’s largest leading independent provider of IT infrastructure services, to assist public and private sector customers to maximise the value of IT to their business. Executive Assistant to Julie O'Hara, Sector Director Full support to the Sector Director and team of 7 Client Directors and 30 Account Managers. • Business and Personal support to Director • Working autonomously to progress/escalate correspondence on behalf of the Director • Forward plan Director’s daily requirements • Complex diary management internal and external customer meetings • Co-ordinating meeting rooms, conference calls and telepresence meetings • Preparing and organising briefing calls/documents for meetings • Collating data, preparing presentations and distributing for meetings • Action authorisations including expenses, mileage and monitoring leave/sickness for the sales team • Updating daily team forecast figures • Handling calls from customers and internal staff • Organising travel itineraries for Director and reports • Accompany Director between company sites to provide support • Scheduling and attending monthly team meetings and take notes • Organising off site team events and drive incentives for sales team • Booking hospitality for meetings and customer dinners • Raising HR paperwork for new starters/leavers and induction once employed • Managing the running of sales floor in regard to desk allocation, ordering IT equipment and office supplies • Attending and assisting with Company Sales and Golf Events • Handling customer nomination process for Company hospitality programme • Cover during absence for Executive Assistants across the company and support Exec Board & Management Team

Millar Property Consultants are a residential development consultancy with over 25 years experience. Executive Assistant to Russell Millar Provided support to the MD for business and personal requirements. Managed logistics and refurbishment of new offices working with managing agents. First point of contact with clients, progressing communications, arranged client meetings and lunches, liaised between clients and vendor solicitors to completion of sale. Maintained contracts and agreements with IT, advertisers, office suppliers and printers. Compiled market research on new developments.

BBC Learning Development is a small team within the BBC's Learning department with the task of creating and developing new multi-platform projects with either a formal or an informal learning focus. Worked alongside designers and editors to develop and maintain interactive websites within BBC Factual and Learning and Children's drama. Experienced in website design and HTML coding.

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is the national broadcaster of the UK. Personal Assistant to Richard Callanan, Executive Producer Supported producer and various production staff within the BBC Children's Drama department. Managed communications with the public and artists, reproduced and distributed scripts, created camera cards, arranged hospitality, handled travel and accommodation bookings and assisted production staff whilst on location.

Autoclenz are the leading provider of vehicle preparation and valet services across the automotive sector since 1969. Personal Assistant to David Perry MD Support to MD & Sales Team. Diary management, client liaison, communication and hospitality, travel and accommodation bookings and company function organisation.