Full marks go to Office Angels for a great day at the ‘
OA had received 182 entries for this year’s competition and, in the first round of telephone interviews, specialist staff had found it difficult to create a shortlist from the strong field of PAs nominated for the award. The final 6 were testament to their efforts and gave the judges; seen below, a tough decision to make during the full day of tasks, exercises and competence based interviews.
At the awards dinner, held at ‘Gordon Ramsey at Claridge’s’ the same evening, Helen Milligan;, former PA and ‘Apprentice’ runner-up (but we all know she was the real winner) presented the title of ‘Britain Next Top PA 2011’ to Lesley Knight, PA to the Chairman of Chiltern Railways. Lesley had been cited by colleagues for her dedication to her boss, her commitment to managing the team of PAs and facilitating their career development and her innovation within the railways industry.
Lesley was thrilled with the accolade, and said: “It is great to see Office Angels recognise PAs for the work that we do. It is a real honour to be named as winner, especially as there was such a high standard amongst the finalists, and I’d like to thank my manager for nominating me.”
APA members should make a calendar note for September 2012 to enter and win.Shown are:
(back row L-R): Gareth Osborne, APA (Judge), Jonathan Sheppard, AirFrance KLM (Judge), John McKenna, Jayne Paterson and David Clubb, MD Office Angels.
(front row L-R) Karen Wilkins, De Vere Venues (Judge), Rachel Andrews, Anneliese Ainley, Helen Milliga, Lesley Knight ('Britain's Next Tp PA 2011) and Sally Huxham.
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