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 Welcome, My name is Marie Ribeiro. I have 38 years secretarial experience at executive level, in the legal, medical, commercial, education, IT and public and private sectors in New Zealand and Overseas. This service was set up to provide a high quality, fast, accurate and reliable secretarial service to clients, whilst maintaining confidentiality and integrity at all times. MY EDUCATION: I graduated from St Paul’s Convent School, Eton College, the Hong Kong School of Commerce and the Institute of Business Administration in Hong Kong and achieved School Certificate, Sixth Form Certificate and University Entrance (Accredited) and attained a distinction in English as a Second Language as well as received the highest award for achievement on completion of an intensive Dale Carnegie Course for Effective Speaking and Human Relations. MY WORK HISTORY 1970 to 2008: • Secretary to Broadcast Manager, Ampex World Operations, S.A., Hong Kong • Secretary to High School Principals, Hong Kong International School, Hong Kong • Secretary to Import and Export Directors, UCM Group, Hong Kong • Secretary to Manager, Morison Stoneham, Chartered Accountants, London • Secretary to Partner in Receiverships & Liquidations, Wilkinson Wilberfoss, Auckland • Secretary to Senior Partner, Markham & Partners, Chartered Accountants, Wellington • Legal Secretary, Hornblow Carran Kurta & Co, Wellington • PA Secretary to NZ Bureau Manager Computer Consultants Ltd, Lower Hutt • Legal Secretary, Olpherts, Solicitors, Wellington • Executive Secretary, Angus Corporation, Petone • Legal Secretary, Gillespie Young Watson, Solicitors, Lower Hutt • Secretary to Chairman and Senior Tax Partner, Coopers & Lybrand, Wellington • PA Secretary to Managing Director and General Manager, International Public Relations • Legal Secretary Sladden Cochrane & Co, Solicitors, Wellington (Commercial, Property, Estates) • Secretary/Sole Charge Office Administrator, David Feehan, Tax Practitioner, Wellington • Senior Legal Secretary/PA (5 years) Buddle Findlay, Solicitors, Wellington (Litigation, Employment Law) • Sole Charge PA to Barrister, Con Anastasiou (Resource Management/Intellectual Property/Recording Industry) • Trademark and Litigation Secretary, A J Park, Patent Attorneys & Intellectual Property Lawyers Other organizations where I temped: • Phillips Nicholson, Solicitors • National History Unit • Book Publishers Assn • Government Computing Service • Public Trust Office • Department of Mäori Affairs/Iwi Transition Agency • Tripe Matthews & Feist, Solicitors • Kensington Swan, Solicitors • New Zealand Railways, Cargoflow • Department of Health • Ernst & Young, Chartered Accountants • Ian Hay Barrister & Solicitor Clients who have used my service: • Medical Practitioners • Health Practitioners • ACC • Management Consultants • Property Developers • Private Companies • Private Individuals N.B. For the sake of confidentiality, the names of my clients cannot be provided here, however a reference can be provided on specific request. My Skills/Abilities: I have a strong secretarial background with excellent written and oral communication skills, report writing skills, the ability to organise, independence, self discipline, research and analytical skills, administrative skills, am able to perform well under pressure and responsive to learning new skills. I am also multilingual - besides English, I speak Cantonese, Portuguese and French. New Skills Web design, website building, tutoring, mentoring and training. From early 2007 I started to build affordable websites for others, and teach them how to use their websites, through Amethyst Sky Web Design. Involvement I am currently an independent distributor of FOREVER GREEN products in New Zealand. Personal Despite all of the above, I am not a workaholic, although I do love working and take pride in what I do. I enjoy helping others, and have inspired many others to stretch themselves to achieve their full potential. I have travelled extensively worldwide, throughout Asia, the UK, Europe and the United States of America, and lived in many countries, and have settled in Aotearoa New Zealand for the last 30 years. Privileged for the opportunities in my life to make a difference and meet a wide range of people, I would say I am a positive and enthusiastic person and believe that nothing is impossible with the right attitude. Out of some adversities in my life, I began to work for myself bit by bit since 2002 so that by 2005 I have become fully self-employed and am loving it!
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