Deborah May

• Provide senior executive and private office support to C-suite leaders, founders, high-net-worth individuals and business owners, acting as a trusted strategic partner rather than a task-based assistant.

• Take ownership of complex inbox and diary management, protecting executive time, managing competing priorities and ensuring day-to-day operations run seamlessly.

• Act as a trusted gatekeeper and decision filter, managing confidential business and personal matters with absolute discretion and sound judgement.

• Deliver seamless executive and private office support where business and personal priorities intersect, integrating quickly into existing teams and adapting as client needs evolve.

• Build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders, anticipating needs, resolving issues proactively and creating the time and headspace executives need to focus on strategic priorities.

• Current client assignments include the City of London Corporation, providing senior executive support within a complex, fast-paced environment.

• Founded and ran Ultimate Bali as a bespoke luxury travel company serving an international high-net-worth clientele.
• Managed the business end-to-end, acting as the single point of contact for clients and overseeing every aspect of their arrangements.
• Built close, trusted relationships with clients, coordinating multiple parties with the discretion and judgement expected in private client environments.
• Operated between London and Indonesia, delivering calm, highly personalised support in complex, time-sensitive situations.
• This experience continues to underpin my executive and private office support work today.

Over a ten-year period, I provided senior executive and business management support within investment banking, corporate and private client environments, working closely with CEOs, C-suite leaders and ultra-high-net-worth individuals.

My roles involved acting as a trusted right hand, with responsibility for complex diary and inbox management, confidential communications, stakeholder liaison and business oversight. In private client settings, I supported both professional and personal priorities with discretion, sound judgement and absolute confidentiality.

This decade formed the foundation of my private office approach today: calm ownership, senior-level judgement and the ability to operate seamlessly in high-pressure, high-trust environments.

Began my career in IT within asset management, progressing into senior desktop management and technical analyst roles with responsibility for business-critical systems and user environments.

This experience gave me a strong technical and operational foundation, an analytical mindset and a practical understanding of how systems support people at scale. These skills continue to inform my ability to streamline ways of working, troubleshoot effectively and operate confidently in complex, fast-paced environments.