Karen Olley
Maldon,Essex
Summary
I am a proven, confident and dependable team player and have worked across a range of banking sectors. I have first class communication and interpersonal skills, including diplomacy and confidentiality. I am well presented, hardworking and a conscientious person, with a pro-active approach and have the ability to perform in highly pressurised and demanding environments. I have many years of experience as an EA so am able to hit the ground running and adapting quickly to different working styles and industries. I can prioritise with conflicting deadlines and am able to adapt with new and changing situations. I am also enthusiastic with a healthy sense of humour.
Overview
40
40
years of professional experience
Work history
EA to Global Head of Investment – Healthcare
Jefferies International
2020.06 - 2026.03
- Outline: I started as a temp at home in Covid and after 6 months became permanent.
- Key Responsibilities:
- Providing gatekeeper services including screening of telephone calls and emails for team heads.
- Diary management and organisation of meetings internally and externally for senior executives and clients.
- Healthcare Event Administrative Support once year at our London Conference. Served as the primary point of contact for conference attendees, delivering professional reception services, processing registrations, resolving queries, coordinating speaker sessions, and supporting overall event operations to ensure an efficient attendee experience.
- Extensive diary management across multiple time zones.
- International travel across multiple time zones
- Setting up international calls and video conferences across multiple time zones
- Creating internal email communications and arranging internal events and meetings.
- Keeping within firm policies to keep team expenditure within budget.
- Reconciling and processing all expenses via the Concur system.
- Organising introductory meetings and training sessions for new employees.
- Organising various London events for the team.
- Dealing with ad-hoc requests and managing office employee moves and onboarding new employees.
- Covering senior EA’s holiday within our team.
EA to Head of International Funds Group
Goldman Sachs International
2007.04 - 2020.01
- Outline: I started temping on the trading floor covering 25 traders then moved to work for the Head of International Funds Group within Asset Management and his team of 45 bankers. I was also the EA to the Head of GSAM Compliance for EMEA. Key administrative support was same to current role.
EA to Global Head of Structured Capital
ABN AMRO Bank
1999.01 - 2007.04
- Outline: Responsible for the Global Head of Structured Capital within Global Markets and worked with a team of 20 Directors and Executives. In this time, I also worked on the Trading Floor responsible for 30 Traders within Fixed Income. Started as a temp and became permanent after 6 months.
Education
Beauchamps Comprehensive School
UK /1980 - /1985
Skills
- Calm under pressure
- Problem-solving
- Communication skills
- Team building
Past
Various roles within a number of different industries, requiring a wealth of skills and knowledge within the administrative sector/role.
Affiliations
- Walking
- Swimming
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
EA to Global Head of Investment – Healthcare
Jefferies International
2020.06 - 2026.03
EA to Head of International Funds Group
Goldman Sachs International
2007.04 - 2020.01
EA to Global Head of Structured Capital
ABN AMRO Bank
1999.01 - 2007.04
Beauchamps Comprehensive School
/1980 - /1985