Arlene de Waal

Bio

I enjoy Zumba, V-box, Belly-dancing, swimming, yoga and ZenPilates. I believe it is very important to balance mind, body, soul and spirit. It is important to balance work and life and so I carefully chose an exercise program that would assist me accomplish all of this. I thoroughly enjoy travelling and experiencing diverse cultures. It is important to understand the history of the world as we build on the past to create our future and that of our future generations. I enjoy D-I-Y, a hobby I took more seriously in 2006 when I purchased my house as it needed a lot of TLC. I find it mentally challenging and stimulating. Seeing your finished work left me with a sense of pride and ownership. I believe in work hard play hard, work smart not hard and so when I can take time off I love to spend Xmas and New Year with family and friends mostly in London where my sister lives. I have 20 years experience in the project, administration and office management support sectors across a number of diverse industries like oil & gas, transport & aviation, financial services & insurance. I have held positions of Administration Manager, Office Manager, Assistant Company Secretary, Project Coordinator, Executive PA and Executive Assistant functioning at Board, Exco and Manco levels. A lot of my tasks and duties involved high-level decision making and execution on behalf of the Executive as they concentrated more on strategic issues whilst I concentrated on operations and projects. I had the opportunity to project manage new airport route launches like Zambia and Zanzibar whilst also fulfilling the role of Corporate Secretary, Events Coordinator in countries like Brazil, Paris, Zambia to name a few. I have also had the opportunity to project manage company relocations and office moves so this diverse, dynamic and unique skills set allows me to offer my clients with both expert administration and project services. And finally, I love the therapeutic nature of gardening.