Client Success
Finbarr Ronayne
Director, FPR Media Consulting Ltd
Finbarr established an independent consultancy company after many years working as a senior executive within the news media industry. Having been used to having a dedicated EA resource to support his executive responsibilities and organise his diary, he was now very much operating on his own devices. Finbarr and I had previously worked together within the news media industry and he was aware I supported another mutual senior executive colleague. He required a professional and reliable executive support function to assist him in the creation of project presentations for clients. This allowed him to devote more of his time actively engaging with clients while relying on me, with my knowledge of the software, to assist him as a virtual executive support function.
Finbarr has immediate access to me whenever he requires executive support. Based on our previously established working relationship and with my intimate understanding of the news media industry, Finbarr is confident that I am able to complete his work to a high standard within tight timeframes.
The ability to access my support services as and when required is also more cost effective for Finbarr and this form of flexible arrangement offered by me is far more attractive than committing to a fixed cost arrangement offered by many other service providers.
I would strongly recommend KHVA as an experienced professional and reliable service provided.
She has a great understanding of the virtual role which is why she was the natural choice to become my assistant when I began working remotely.
Chair of Mediahuis Ireland
Chair of Scottish Professional Football League
Panel Chair of the Office for the Internal Markets
Board Member of Competitions and Markets Authority
Trustee of Royal Museums Greenwich
Murdoch MacLennan
Chair of:
PA Media Group
Mediahuis Ireland
Scottish Professional Football League
Panel Chair of the Office for the Internal Markets
Board Member of Competitions and Markets Authority
Trustee of Royal Museums Greenwich Greenwich
Murdoch spent many years working at an executive level within the newspaper industry and when he became Chairman of three organisations, moving away from the corporate role, he did not have access to administrative resources. I had worked with Murdoch over the years and was familiar with his working style and requirements. I was already knowledgeable of his systems, accounts and processes, most of which had to be set up again for him as an individual when he moved away from the corporate umbrella.
Murdoch always had access to an assistant to help with his busy corporate role and I was able to transfer my knowledge to continue a support mechanism, giving him the time to focus on his new non-executive directorships. Once the new personal systems were in place, Murdoch was able to sustain the format he had with only a few adjustments relating to remote working.
Additionally, there was no logical location to position an office with an assistant, because his directorships were based in three different locations (Ireland, Scotland and London), a fixed office would create costly overheads, particularly when they would not be used on a full time basis, therefore, using a Virtual Assistant was a logical solution.
Kerry has a charming manner on the phone, which is vital for a VA service, and is endearing and affable. She is extremely thorough, writes well and above all works hard.
I am happy to strongly recommend her.
I worked with her for 9 years and would not hesitate in recommending her skills and talents.
I recommend Kerry highly
I have no hesitation in recommending Kerry’s services as a VA.
