WeAreTheCity’s Rising Star Awards are now in their fourth year. The Rising Star awards were introduced to showcase the UK pipeline of female talent below management and to create female 100 role models across 20 different industries and professions. Over the year’s, the awards have recognised 400 women across the UK and India. In this...Read More

Four of us from WeAreTheCity’s Rising Stars 2017 EA/PA Category came together to write about how we found the experience from nomination through to shortlist event at Bloomberg. We hope you enjoy the read. Melanie Sheehy: From the moment I received the email to say I had been shortlisted for a rising star award it...Read More

In 2015, thanks to the help of a number of amazing supporters and sponsors, WeAreTheCity ran the first of its Rising Star awards programmes. The aim of the awards was to identify 50 future leaders and role models under a management level across 10 different industries. After a staggering amount of nominations and an intensive...Read More

I am a 39 year old married mum of one 15 year old daughter. I have worked my way up from Admin Assistant to PA to the CEO over the past 12 years and am finally in my dream job! I spent 10 years working in various branches of the public sector and now work...Read More

Dalya Bernstein, DipPA AMInstLM Dalya is an award winning EA with a wealth of experience within the PA/EA industry. She has been Executive Assistant to a high profile/high net worth Entrepreneur for the past 5 years and has a wide range of skills including extensive diary management, corporate travel management, event planning, social media management...Read More

I have done various jobs during my lifetime, ranging from back office support in the money markets, being a “Havenmate” for Haven holidays, customer assistance for Ford Motor Company, through to working in IT as a database administrator. It was during that role I found myself facing redundancy at the end of 2008. It was...Read More

Vicki joined Sodexo in 1994 following various PA roles within the pharmaceutical, IT and medical industries. Vicki left Sodexo in 1999 to become self-employed and successfully ran a secretarial business from home providing support to local businesses and individuals. Vicki returned to Sodexo in 2001 as PA to the Business Development Manager, Justice Services. During...Read More

I am a Senior Administrative Assistant for 3 Directors at LinkedIn EMEA Head Quarters in Dublin, delighted to be diving headfirst into my new role and meeting new people. My years of experience varies from roles such as Executive Assistant to Event/Project management. I am also an executive committee member the newly established Association of...Read More