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Stefania Huntington-Whiteley

Personal Assistant
London
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Stefania Huntington-Whiteley

Summary

Committed to exceeding expectations, boundaries and excellence in every aspect of life.


  • 8+ years experience as a PA/EA/Office/Household Manager to UHNWIs in Finance, Private Equity, Real Estate & Beauty industry
  • 10 years experience in senior management, including my own businesses
  • 3 years experience in HR including recruitment.


Overview

11
years of professional experience

Work history

ONE Group (One Homes & One Investments Dubai)
London

PA to CEO, Head of HR & Operations
01.2022 - Current

Job overview

ONE Group consists of 3 award winning, international real estate companies. 500+ employees across UK, USA, UAE & Pakistan


Key Responsibilities:

  • Manage a team of 10 administrators & recruiters
  • Right hand to CEO & CCO
  • Hired & Onboarded 250+ sales consultants in 2023
  • Project Management with budgets up to £100,000 (inc. TV ads, Radio, Influencer Marketing Billboards)
  • Coordinated over 100 flights in 2023 for the CEO. Organised all accommodation and travel arrangements, maintaining strict compliance with budgets and schedules.
  • Organised ever changing personal and professional calendars, supplying timely reminders of upcoming meetings and events.
  • Met principal's family needs, including working closely with partner and supporting children.
  • Attended meetings on behalf of executive
  • Assigned work to appropriate members of staff on behalf of CEO.
  • Responsible for all aspects of recruitment across our London, New York, Dubai, Houston, Islamabad and Karachi offices
  • Redesign the onboarding process and create New Starter Pack from scratch
  • Consult with hiring managers in each country in the assessment and selection of talent to ensure business needs are met; and provide guidance and influence to ensure effective selection decisions
  • Engaging with senior stakeholders to create hiring strategies and talent pipelining
  • Ensure compliance with local employment regulations and legal requirements as well as all related aspects of data protection
  • Manage company's appraisal system and attend appraisal meetings
  • Monitor various aspects of employees' performance such as sick leave, KPIs etc
  • Handling any disciplinary procedures and formal grievances

UHN Family (3 children)

PA
02.2018 - 01.2022

Job overview

An exceptionally hands on position in terms of the management and security of the family's private lives. Between Poland, UK & Dubai.


Key Responsibilities:

  • On call 24/7
  • Hiring & managing the household staff including close protection security internationally
  • Work collaboratively with the principal's 2 business EAs
  • General household management - liaising with household staff, diary management, car MOTs
  • Project Manager for multiple international property purchases and renovations
  • Global Property Portfolio Management
  • Organising high profile events with budgets up to £200k
  • Coordination and management of detailed travel schedules (business and private) inc
  • Private jets
  • Assist with purchase and often international travel for horses (value up to £500k )
  • Handling sensitive and confidential matters
  • POC for, and gateway to, the principals for all private matters
  • Manage the principal's and 3 children's complex diaries, ensuring they all get from place to place safely
  • Working closely with each of their body guards
  • Deal with time sensitive legal documents containing highly confidential information

UHNI

Personal Assistant / Executive Assistant
11.2016 - 01.2019

Job overview

Key Responsibilities:

  • Right hand in all business matters
  • Complex and extensive diary management across multiple time zones, prioritising and re-arranging where necessary
  • Business and personal
  • Inbox management - 100+ emails a day, responding on the principles behalf
  • Coordinating detailed travel arrangements for the President and her team
  • Project Management
  • Event Organisation
  • Produce documents, presentations and gather research when needed
  • Handle monthly expense reports
  • Restaurant bookings

Signature Hair & Beauty

Salon Owner
01.2013 - 01.2017

Job overview

I bought out an underperforming hairdressing salon as soon as I completed my A-levels. Over the years I have managed to rename & rebrand, renovate and add a beauty room. We had a team of 6 hairdressers and beauticians.

NHS

Internal Recruitment Project Manager
06.2016 - 11.2016

Job overview

Key Responsibilities:

  • Regular site visits to build relationships and educate hiring managers on how to attract and retain nurses
  • Troubleshoot, identify the obstacles and put together detailed, personalized recruitment strategies/campaigns for each site within the trust
  • Organize and attend recruitment days/events
  • Use ATS to onboard the new hires
  • Carry out extensive recruitment checks

BGA

Technical Recruitment Consultant
01.2015 - 06.2016

Job overview

A Specialist Life Sciences and Healthcare Recruitment Consultancy


Key Responsibilities:

  • Headhunt senior medical consultants for interim/FTC positions in GCC
  • Mostly Saudi Arabia and Dubai
  • Use various job boards and LinkedIn to attract talent at executive level
  • This role didn't require much BD, I was mostly focused on sourcing and attracting niche talent

Education

The Royal Harbour Academy
Ramsgate

A-Levels
02/2011 - 05/2013

Skills

  • Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills Well versed in dealing with UHNIs
  • Highly organised and efficient
  • Experience managing multiple complex schedules and coordinating travel arrangements
  • Ability to handle confidential information with discretion
  • Strong attention to detail and accuracy
  • Flexibility and Adaptability in a fast-paced environment / Organisational skills

Accomplishments

  • PA / Executive Assistant / EA / Task delegation / Problem-solving / Interpersonal skills / Adaptability /
  • Scheduling / Client relations / Event planning / Computer proficiency / Teamwork / Complex diary management /
  • Luxury lifestyle management / luxury, high end customer service / Office Management / Staff management / HR/ Recruitment / Onboarding / House

Languages

English
Native
Polish
Native
Russian
Intermediate
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Timeline

PA to CEO, Head of HR & Operations

ONE Group (One Homes & One Investments Dubai)
01.2022 - Current

PA

UHN Family (3 children)
02.2018 - 01.2022

Personal Assistant / Executive Assistant

UHNI
11.2016 - 01.2019

Internal Recruitment Project Manager

NHS
06.2016 - 11.2016

Technical Recruitment Consultant

BGA
01.2015 - 06.2016

Salon Owner

Signature Hair & Beauty
01.2013 - 01.2017

The Royal Harbour Academy

A-Levels
02/2011 - 05/2013
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