Catherine Mears has over 20 years of experience working in administrative roles, including as an executive assistant. She has strong secretarial, organizational, and communication skills. Her background includes freelance work providing administrative support to companies in various industries such as banking, consulting, and film production. She is seeking an interesting full-time role that allows her to utilize her skills.

1. Catherine Mears
07539080100
02085246008
catherinemears@gmail.com
London E4 7EG
PROFILE
I am a tip top all rounder,vibrant,mature experienced and efficient, with a wealth of business experience builtup over the
years of solid work. I am a charming,charismaticand energetic person with a strongreliablework ethic and the ability to
communicate at all levels in a pleasantand diplomatic manner with a senseof humour and I am lookingto work in an
interesting job in a busy and stimulatingenvironment.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
July 2012 to date
I have an established portfolio of various freelance and temporary assignments through my own personal connections
and specific staff recruitment agencies and recently worked on a film script translation for a film producer who
specialises in Disaster Recovery in NASA, MIT, HARVARD, SETI and The Carl Sagan Institute. I have achieved the
following:
 Feb-16 to date management consultancy office system services for the same management consultancy dealing
with Human Resources as an implementation project including VISA applications and recruitment of staff.
 August 2015 – Feb-16 Freelance PA/Office Manager for a niche market management consultancy in the EC1
area. All PA-Gatekeeper duties to HNW CEO and founder; team secretary; office facilities. Recruited
replacement. Business development and HR tasks.
 April 9 – May 8 2015 at Deloitte Global Executive Audit department – PA duties. (Ref: Eunice Olanipekun,
Huntress Group 020 7759 7790).
 January 11 to March 28 assignments at Deutsche Bank, Global Market Risk Management, – PA duties. (Ref: Jade
Wright jade.wright@db.com mylene.russell-white@db.com donna.oates@db.com
 Preparation and assistance with production of a film script for NASA – The U.S. Space Agency.
(July/August/2014)
 Team PA, Audio, transcription and dictation services for a Financial Services, in their Wealth Management and
Tax departments in Moorgate. (Ritz Recruitment).
 Confidential note-taking work for the Human Resources Director of a large Bank in Canary Wharf.
 Minute Taker and typist for a Disaster Playground scenario and secretary for the forum event based on Dr
Strangelove at The V and A Museum in sixties period costume with actors and scientists which was filmed for
NASA and for whom I had to type up the script at short notice.
 Team co-ordinator for a group of five specialist surveyors in Cheapside, London and to help a Project team with
management assistance in the same firm including audio-typing, reports, printing and collating documents.
 Frontline reception duties for Navigant Consulting on a temporary basis including project management.
 Business development and office management for a Dental Surgery in Mayfair, W1 and a Wealth Management
in the City on a freelance basis. (June 2012-Dec 2013 and on going on adhoc basis).
 Attendance at a series of senior export services meetings with clients for a senior banker at HSBC to take notes,
minutes and report preparation and transcription at HSBC in Canary Wharf.
 Regular attendance at meetings with the Metropolitan Police to take minutes; independent note taker and
audio transcriber. CRB currently in place.
September 2005 –June 2012:
Charles River Associates, 99 Bishopsgate, EC3
Senior Executive Assistant and Business Development
 Executive Assistantto the CEO/Head of CRA’s European and MiddleEastoffice in London.
 Diary management, travel arrangements and expenses as well as the creation of confidential filingsystemfor the
London office.
 Arrangingmeetings – internally –clients – and the board includingsecretarial duties to other senior management.
Liaison with U.S. Boston office.
 Supervision of the reception area includingwritingprocedures and job descriptions.
 Sales and campaign planningas well as Businessdevelopment for the Forensic Practiceby creatingand organising
road,shows, events, seminars,lunch time talks and breakfastmeetings.

2.  During 2005 after I was made redundant from Mellon Bank and I worked for six months or so in the Investment Bankin g
Division at Morgan Stanley, Canary Wharf. I was Assisting Bankers at all levels and supporting Executive PA’s,
deputising for sickness and assisting with events.
1998- 2005
Mellon Bank, London
Executive Assistant and Office Management
 Overall running of officeservices for the department on behalf of the CEO and Operations Director.
 Extensive diary and travel arrangements.
 Creation of pipeline report for business development.
 Creation of events (internal and external) for marketing and set up sales department of 8 (procedures,
presentations, territoryplanning General secretarial duties). Three successful functions for over 300 Fund
Managers in London.
 Organized Global Sales Conference in London.
 Recruited and trained other assistants to work with senior management includingmarketingand the fund
management investment team.
 Assistancewith acquisition of other companies into the Mellon brand (CAPS and Russell/Mellon). PA to head of
legal counsel atthis time.
 Implemented sales structure/department.
1998-1999
State Street Bank, Canary Wharf
Personal Assistant to Head of Sales and Marketing – Custody Department
 All secretarial duties including preparation dispatch and followup of mail merges to clients and prospects.
 Preparation of product literatureand the organization of events and seminars with the marketing manager.
 Cold callingand appointment setting for the head of department – custody sales as well as In houseluncheons,
meetings conference callsetc.and travel plans for staff.
1994-1998
Variety of temporary assignments in the City of London including:NatWest Markets (Lord Hurd and Dame PaulineNeville
Jones’ offices), Barclay’s,Australiaand New Zealand Bank, Bank of England, Spark Knowledge, Morgan Stanley, Software
Solutions, (arrangingexhibitions in Hamburg,Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur) Bank of England, Rocco Forte, Frank Skinner,
Bob Hoskins.
Took time to travel to the U.S.A. and Europe after twenty years servicewith IBM UK Ltd.
 At IBM I began my career with IBM UK Ltd as a Branch Secretary in the largestaccounts branch in the UK, in
Wigmore Street, London W1.
 Promoted to mass marketing supervisor workingfromRichmond, Surrey and then seconded to IBM (ISM) South
Africa (Johannesburg,Cape Town, Durban) to implement the same marketing operation for two years.
 Returned to the UK and worked as an events manager at IBM Basinghall Street, London.
 OfficeSystems Analystand trainer at IBM South Bank whilstinstallingelectronic officesystem(e-mail).
 Events Manager for new business,cultural events,IBM jointventure partnerships and corporateprojects.
EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS:
3 A levels – History,Geography, English (Lit& Lang failed literature)
RSA – English Language, Commerce, Shorthand and Typewriting 60 wpm.
7 O levels – History,Geography, English (Lit& Lang) R.I. Commerce, Domestic Science, Needlework.
1984 – Certificateof Marketing through IBM UK Ltd
1986 – City & Guilds 730-7 Certificatein AdultEducation
1987 – O.U. Diploma in Business Studies through IBM UK Ltd.
2008 – OCR Level 4 NVQ in Management – RSA Diploma.
2008 - NVQ Volunteering with Metropolitan Police
2010 – CWDC Respite Foster Carer with RyancareFostering Ltd.
IT skill: Word for Windows,Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook.
60-70 words per minute typewriting speed.
80 – 90 words per minute Pitman’s shorthand.
My test results are from Proveit - 72%Excel, 73% PowerPoint, 65 wpm typing speed with 1 error per minute based on 5
and 70% Word. 98% accuracy English Language, grammar, spelling etc. 37% Arithmetic.
References:
Sally Wilks, Ex-Director Human Capital Navigant Fred Settelmeyer,Ex-CEO Russell/Mellon/Bank
sallyannwilks@gmail.com fredsettelmeyer@comcast.net

3. Nelly Ben Hayoun
nelly.ben-hayoun@network.rca.ac.uk