It all started with my Aunt telling me to “go to secretarial college, you’ll never be out of a job with skills like that” and here I am!

After a successful time at Queens Marlborough Secretarial College in Cambridge, departing with a Diploma (with Distinction), my career has spanned 20+ years across mainly the healthcare sector at the NHS and in small / medium enterprises and Pharma organisations, before my last full time role as the Senior Executive Assistant to two Founding Partners at a Pharma Consultancy firm in London.

During my career as a Senior Executive Assistant and Business Operations Manager, I have gained substantial added experience working on:

• C-Suite / Board Level / NED EA roles - Trusted “right hand"

• Leadership Team set up / governance

• Project Management

• IT Migration

• Travel Management / onboarding suppliers / training teams

• Office relocations

• Change Management Programme Assistance

• Office Policy & Procedures

• HR (Recruitment and Redundancy)

• Administrative Team Management

• Product Launches

• Event Management for large conferences and team offsite meetings / launches / round tables etc..

• BTEC: Advanced Professional Certificate - Corporate Travel Management

I’ve always been one to ask “What’s next? How can I push my boundaries and continue to expand my skill base and expertise? Where is the next challenge for me?” and so I took the step to become a Founder / Director and started ELIZABETH WOOD LTD. I gave myself the opportunity to spread my wings while working alongside entrepreneur’s, start ups and small to medium companies that are in a growth phase as well as with individuals clients who need that extra bit of support from a personal assistant.

In my spare time, my other passion is ART!! I love to create abstract pieces…. having taught myself a few years ago, I spend some of my downtime filling up canvas with paint and losing myself in the moment of creating something brand new in the world.

You can take a look at some of my creations in the reel below, or there are more on Instagram under xena_art_creation.