Jude joins the team

APA is thrilled to announce the appointment of Judith Fine to the Membership Team of APA. She has impressed us with her knowledge of the PA profession and her passion to make it even more important within the world of business. She will be supporting our interests in the West Midlands and surrounding counties and helping identify and recruit new members there.

Judith (or Jude to everyone who knows her) runs a freelance PA business called Finesse Jude has over 16 years experience as a PA and Marketing Manager/Director. Having spent 10 years working at 3i plc looking after 7 Industrial Advisers (ex MDs/FDs of businesses), she gained experience in different sectors including printing, oil and gas, food and drink, chemicals and automotive. She spent a number of years organising travel all over the world, conferences in a number of venues around Europe and spent a large amount of time visiting those countries.

From there, she worked for IDN Telecom plc as PA and Marketing Executive for the company. She supported the Board, brought all the marketing in-house from an outsourced agency and arranged seminars around the UK. When IDN sold to Redstone plc, Jude became Marketing Manager and PA to the Managing Director, controlling the entire Marketing budget for one of the four key divisions in the company.

It was at that time, that Jude decided to use her skills and experience helping a number of individuals/businesses who all needed PA and marketing support, so that is just what she did! Her clients include catering industries, designer shoes, charities, professional services and training companies.

Jude is a PA in the true sense of the word. She absolutely loves the diversity of the projects/tasks she gets involved in and just loves the job she does. In her spare time, she is an absolutely gym freak and will often be found on a cross trainer or treadmill together with Blackberry! She also enjoys meeting new people, putting people in touch with each other and talking!! She is contactable at judith.fine@paprofessional.com.

Welcome to the team Jude.

Gareth , APA