1. CURRICULUM VITAE
PERSONAL DETAILS
Name : Hellen
Surname : Alexopoulos
Date of Birth : 16/06/1964
Marital Status : Married
Address: : 33 Portland Place, Thorn Valley Estate,
Stoneridge Drive, Greenstone, Edenvale, 1619
Email : elena1bu@yahoo.com
Cell number : 073 855 2945
EDUCATION
1981 : Matriculated from Durban Girls’ High School
1985 : Secretarial Course – Dicdata (Athens, Greece)
1990 : ABC Travel Course – Reed Group (Athens, Greece)
1997 : Public Relations Certificate – Birnam College
WORK EXPEREINCE
Oct 2010 – present EY (Ernst & Young), Johannesburg
Executive Assistant
 Diary management
 Travel arrangements (local and international)
 Events co-ordination (social events, conferences,
workshops, etc.)
 Formatting proposals, reports, engagement letters,
presentations
 Preparing presentations
 GCRM (loading business opportunities, engagements on
internal tool)
 Resource planner
 Project management
 Human Resources assistant
 Assisting Learning and Development team
 Procurements (invoicing, purchase orders)

2.  Administrative support (ensure seamless running of
department)
 Secretary of Diversity and Inclusiveness Committee
Oct 2001 – May 2010 JH Biotech (Pty) Ltd, Athens – Greece
Executive Assistant to Managing Director
 Diary management
 Travel arrangements (local and international)
 Purchase orders including preparing/collating documents
for shipment (Bill of Lading, Certificate of Origin, Certificate
of Analysis, etc)
 Bookkeeping
 Typing and formatting reports
 Preparing presentations
 Translation of documents – Greek/English
Oct 2000 – Aug 2001 Peoples Bank (a division of Nedcor Bank Ltd)
Executive Assistant to Head of Business Development and
Marketing
Mar 2000 – Sept 2000 South African Breweries (Temp assignment)
PA to Marketing Manager
Dec 1996 – Feb 2000 Temping (long term assignments), Johannesburg
Sun International – PA to Marketing Director
Cellworks – PA to Managing Director
IBM – PA to Managing Director
Jul 1995 – Nov 1996 Taichi Co. Ltd, Johannesburg
Executive Secretary
Nov 1986 – Mar 1995 Konica Corporation – Athens, Greece
Executive Secretary to Managing Director
Marketing Assistant
 Diary management
 Travel arrangements (local and international)
 Assisted with opening of Athens office (relocating families
from Japan, Lebanon and England to Greece,
housing/schools, resident and work permits,
documentation required for opening of office etc.)
 Bookkeeping (income and expenditure, bank
reconciliation, payroll, purchase orders)
 Event co-ordination (marketing conferences, social
functions)
 Marketing assistant – assisted in launching Konica
campaign in Dubai, budgets/targets, etc.

3.  Translation of documents – Greek/English
Feb 1985 – Oct 1986 Reinsurance and Insurance Management Services (RIMS)–
Athens, Greece
Secretary to Manager
Jun 1983 – May 1984 Bank of Athens – Durban
Foreign Exchange Clerk
Jan 1982 – Dec 1982 Barclays National Bank – Johannesburg
Foreign Exchange Clerk
Training
EQ in the workplace – EY
Advanced Excel Course - EY
PC Skills
MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint
Typing
72 wpm, 95% accuracy
LANGUAGES
English, Afrikaans, Greek
HOBBIES
Reading, travelling, cooking
References available upon request