Sarah Louise Clarke

SARAH CLARKE Executive Assistant E +44 - e Potters Bar, Hertfordshire EN6 - EXPERIENCE Company Secretary + Co-Director Earnbridge Property & Development C 01/2022 - 01/2023 e Potters Bar, Hertfordshire q https://www.earnbridgedevelopments.com/ Earnbridge Management Ltd provides building & construction services on both residential & commercial properties. We do everything from house builds to roofing to garden landscaping. With over 26 years' experience in the field, we guarantee quality of work from conception to completion.  Company Secretary: I handle all admin from expenses to building merchant invoices to merchandise design.  I am also a registered Co-Director of the company, I am responsible for all banking, approvals of transfers & the signing of important documents.  Website: I designed our website www.earnbridgedevelopments.com completely from scratch using a website builder.  Business Cards: Our fancy business cards were designed completely by me. Our customers are always very impressed by them as they are very pretty.  Social Media: All managed by myself. We are heavily present on both Facebook & Instagram. On a typical day we have more than 300 views on our stories & reels/posts.  Accounts/Expenses: I handle all the accounts, insomuch as filing away all our expenses in an orderly fashion to send to our accountant for year-end. All correspodences with our accountant is handled by myself, including the answering of questions they have.  Onsite Building Work: I've pointed a house, helped dig foundations for a newbuild, rendered the exterior of a house & completed a whole exterior house paint. My fellow Director, Richard Flew, will take the business forward & we will be looking to employ a team of workmen to help with the builds. AWARDS  2009 Award Winner for Academic Excellence  2007 Letter of Commendation from the AQA Examining Body   Achieved the highest A-level grades in my year at St. John's School For scoring 100% in my English Literature GCSE exam; one of the top 5 marks in the UK 1998 - 2003 Elocution: 9 Distinctions & 3 Honours With the London Academy of Music & Dramatic Arts 1997 - Present Grade 8 Concert Pianist With The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music EDUCATION English Literature BA (Hons) Queen Mary University of London C 09/2009 - 07/2012 e Mile End, London  High 2:1 EA to CEO UK + Line of Business Heads A-Levels, 3 As Convex, Perm St. John's Senior School C 03/2021 - 01/2022 e The Scalpel, London q https://convexin.com/ Convex underwrite insurance and reinsurance for complex specialty risks across a diverse range of business lines worldwide.  I was finally appointed to look after the new CEO UK, Theo Butt and his DCEO Team + 5 Line of Business Heads - Aerospace, Equine, Marine, Political Risk & Property.  Theo Butt, CEO UK took up 80% of this job: ★ Worldwide travel/Covid testing/expenses ★ Very careful management & handling of meetings, dinners & lunches with fellow Chief Executives/Chairmen & industry leaders. Very heavy social calendar ★ Managed internal meetings, staggered in a timely, recurring fashion ★ Organised internal socials with business leaders to assist Theo's relationships ★ Theo-led broker engagement, arranged completely by myself ★ Relationship and network building with senior EAs in the business ★ Personal duties: booking private medicals etc. ★ Arranged all UK ExCo (x2 a month) & Guernsey Ltd. Board ★ Event planning from conception to completion of CEOffice events/Away-Days ★ Couriers to transport high profile, confidential documents & wet wignatures from Kent to London ★ Registered guests/brokers (approx. 10 external meetings per week, max 4/5 attendees) ★ Prioritisation was key in this role to ensure essential keystake holders were addressed first before anything else.  The remaining 20% was ad hoc work for the Line of Business Heads and their Teams. C 09/2007 - 07/2009 e Enfield, Middlesex    English Literature, A French, A Art & Design, A 8 GCSEs, A-A* St. John's Senior School C 09/2005 - 07/2007 e Enfield, Middlesex    English Literature, A* English Language, A* Mathematics, A PA / EA DIPLOMA SOUTERS - Executive Assistant Diploma Jul 2016 - Dec 2016 Distinction: 87% Word / Excel / Outlook (Advanced): 100% Typing: 50 WPM + EXPERIENCE PA / EA DIPLOMA EA to CUO Insurance + Office SOUTERS - Personal Assistant Diploma Convex, Contract C 03/2020 - 06/2021 e The Scalpel, London     As the business grew, I was assigned to look after just Doug Howat, CUO Insurance & his Chief UW Office. Specifically for Doug Howat, CUO Insurance: ★ Worldwide travel/expense handling ★ In charge of work visa/ESTA/passport renewals ★ Full diary management: duty to make sure Doug's time was used resourcefully/'Keep Free' times kept ★ Ensured Doug attended all relevant GEC/Board Meetings ★ Managed about 40 types of recurring internal meetings, i.e. business reviews & 121s (staggered in a timely, recurring fashion.) These occured weekly, biweekly, monthly, annually & then quarterly ★ Scheduled Doug into main Insurance conferences, namely CIAB (Colorado) & Monte-Carlo + all his meetings with high level industry leaders ★ Liaised with Marketing through a Social Calendar Re: main LOB events to help with branding. Doug's team, Chief UW Office: ★ Set up monthly Insurance-Wide Meetings ★ Minute taker on LOB Head Insurance Away-Days ★ Responsible for event planning these Away-Days ★ Set up meetings for Broker Engagement with (i.e.) Aon, Marsh, Willis + 15-20 other main broker houses ★ Set up continued introductory meetings with new starters to keep the raport going. COVID-19: Successful completion of over 30 travel insurance claims made to AIG, for the compensation of over 30 cancelled flight itineraries. EA to CUOs of Insurance & Reinsurance Convex, Contract C 07/2019 - 03/2020 e The Scalpel, London      Instrumental in getting Convex set-up from a PA perspective, being a start-up company back in 2019. I was recruited as the second EA to Cindy Henderson (Head EA,) who was the only PA looking after everyone including her boss, Paul Brand, Group CEO & Co-Founder of Convex. She needed me to come onboard quickly to take the huge weight off her shoulders. We were the only 2 EAs in the business for quite a while before more started to join to assist. Thus, I was appointed initially to look after Doug Howat, CUO Insurance & Matt Paskin, CUO Reinsurance, as well as their teams. I have therefore covered the 121 PA needs of many people throughout the business Therefore, as well as managing Doug Howat & Matt Paskin's CUO diaries, the most difficult part of this job was orchestrating & keeping on top of worldwide travel for over 20 people in the business at any one time. Per year, I would manage between 70-120 different flight paths/trips from conception to completion (including taxis, transfers, hotels, expenses etc.) Reed & MacKay was our principal travel agent. Travel for the Reinsurance Team was particularly complex due to the nature of their business. One trip could consist of 3-4 stops in different countries (or) states when in the US. Specifically for Matt Paskin, CUO Reinsurance: ★ Monthly travel coordination to Bermuda for the General Executive Committee ★ Extensive worldwide travel to Geneva > Zurich > Italy > New York > Tokyo > Monte Carlo > Boston > Colorado > US at large ★ Fully responsible for entire Reinsurance conference scheduling i.e. CIAB (Colorado,) Monte-Carlo Rendez-Vous de Septembre & Baden-Baden, Germany ★ Responsible for organising attendance of Re Team to other conferences: Willis Re, Guy Carpenter, Chubb Re, ABA, MPLA, NCCI, NAMIC, APCIA, PLUS etc. ★ Fully responsible for all his expenses using Expensify ★ Full diary management, including getting broker meetings in, regular internal 121s, team meetings, breakfasts, lunches, dinners ★ In charge of logging all visitors throughout the main Re Visitor season Oct-Jan each year ★ Responsible for booking in all his Japanese clients during his Tokyo trips ★ In charge of the daily UK Re and Bermuda Re team meetings ★ As well as the GEC Meetings, had to ensure Matt attended the right Re Board Meetings too ★ Full coordination of Reinsurance AwayDays in London hotels, including full catering & evening entertainment. Dec 2016 - Mar 2017 Distinction: 84% Word/Excel/Outlook (Intermediate): 100% FIND ME ONLINE  LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-louise-clarkeb7b53712a REFERENCES Earnbridge Property & Development Richard Flew, Co-Director E- Convex Suzanne Bray, HR E- John Charcol Mark Fleet, Former CEO E- Globeleq Paolo de Michelis, Head of Renewables E- EXPERIENCE EA to CEO, Executive Chairman + 4 Execs John Charcol, Contract C 05/2018 - 06/2019 e Aviva Building, London q www.charcol.co.uk Independent mortgage broker. They have over 40 years’ experience in finding the best mortgage rates for buyers. Personal Assistant & Front of House Globeleq, Temp C 02/2017 - 11/2017 e Bank, London q www.globeleq.com Leading independent power producer, operating and developing plants in Africa. English Teacher St. John's Prep School, Perm C 09/2013 - 07/2016 e Potters Bar, Hertfordshire q www.stjohnsseniorschool.org.uk Co-educational private school. Ranked 5th in the list of top 500 independent schools in the UK by The Telegraph. Piano Teacher East Barnet Music Academy, Part-Time C 09/2009 - 07/2012 e Barnet, Hertfordshire q www.beatrust.org.uk I worked as a piano teacher, both privately and at the academy, whilst studying English at university.