Anne Tison

Experience

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  SES Satellites

  Dec 1999 - Oct 2002

  Executive Secretary to IMEA team & Office Manager

  - Coordinate diaries for the IMEA sales team - Organise and plan complicated International business travel including generating visa applications - Preparing expense reports for the team - Administrative support to the Vice President of IMEA- Ensure smooth day to day running of the office, including managing suppliers- Supervising Receptionist

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  AstraZeneca

  Oct 2002 - Aug 2003

  PA to Director of Global Policies & Affairs

  Overall administrative support to the Frances Charlesworth, Director of GPA. This included managing a busy diary, organising all international travel, preparing briefing documents, minutes taking and reorganising her entire filing system as well as any adhoc tasks when and where needed.

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  DataAccess Telecom Ltd

  Aug 2003 - Jan 2005

  Office Manager

  Process and Administer prime entry accounting records and petty cash,Reconciliation of office accounts.Set up HR policiesAdministration of personal filesOrganise meetings and corporate events

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  Self-employed

  Jan 2005 - now

  Yoga Teacher / Yoga Nidra Facilitator

  Classes - Workshops - one on oneYoga Nidra, Prayanama, Meditation, Therapeutic movements

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  Illion

  Oct 2006 - Aug 2019

  Office Manager - illion Digital Tech Solutions (formerly Talkingtech)

  A varied role with the opportunity to make a difference to the success of the company and get involved in the strategic and development decisions. Supporting the Senior Management Team and Team leaders, setting up and overseeing systems and procedures, as well as HR. The day to day running of the office included:• Sourcing, negotiating and managing successful relationships with suppliers.• Ensuring office is well stocked, working within budget and looking at creative ways to do more with less.• General HR duties include responsibility for setting up and maintaining HRIS, recruiting, enrolling, performance reviews, compliance and skill training, managing employees benefits, and coordinating social club, and ensure GPDR compliance as HR controller.• Liaising with accounts payable in New Zealand to coordinate creditors payments, payroll, and ensuring debtors over 90 days are kept under 15%.• Managing travel and meeting requests as well as expenses.• Taking ownership of a range of ad-hoc projects, such as two office moves, implementation of centralised and unified communication system (MS Teams & SharePoint), two re-brand, and organising office events. Show less

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  TALKINGTECH

  Aug 2015 - Jul 2019

  TALKINGTECH FOUNDATION - Trustee

  “Improving health and education for the disadvantaged, through innovation and technology”The TALKINGTECH Foundation (TTF) has been operating since 2005, reflecting the commitment of founder Ray Stark, and the TALKINGTECH company, to social responsibility. The strategy is to use a small percentage of company profits, to fund projects in disadvantaged communities around the world. Since its’ inception TTF has funded a wide variety of projects, from helping a disabled local artist to become self-employed, to building a school in India. More recently TTF has made a priority of developing partnerships with local community development projects. Show less

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  Ignite Consulting

  Aug 2019 - now

  Office Manager

  Our mission is bold yet simple. We are an innovation and change consultancy dedicated to transforming the face of public services. With our clients, we design, build and embed high-performing and financially viable organisations able to deliver sustainable, efficient, customer-centric services focused on the things that really matter. Together we strive to make a meaningful difference to the lives of millions of people through building vibrant local communities, enhancing quality of life and protecting the vulnerable. Show less