Craig Bryson
Executive Assistant
Award-winning, strategic, career Executive Assistant. Giving support, mentoring and guidance to other administrative and bussiness support professionals globally.
Passionate about the modern-day role and the benefits it delivers to C- Suite Executives. 'Share the Knowledge' is Craig’s motto, being a prominent voice in the Administrative Profession via various events, networking and platforms.
Experienced in working with C-Suite Executives for circa seventeen years across various markets and business sectors. Craig is also a committee member at a PA Network in London. He thrives in assisting other Executive Assistants of all job titles and offers advice on how to do this well. Craig, worked on the hashtag project “#NotJustAGirlsJob” which gained UK media attention, encouraging more Male assistants into the business support industry.
Empowering Assistants, to be better versions of themselves every day, and to help them fine tune to be champions of the business support sector and welcomes positive, visionary, future growth conversations, to pave the way forward for this highly skilled profession.
Fun Fact
Craig was born in Zimbabwe and grew up in South Africa. He also conscripted into the South African National Military Services. Craig was, a musical dancer and performed in shows such as Oklahoma, Brigadoon, and ‘The man that came to dinner’.
Craig is a keen supporter of mental health charities. To raise money and awareness. He had his Executive shave, off his hair!
Jodie Mears
Executive Assistant
Award-winning strategic career Executive Assistant. Conscientious, business-minded & committed, with a passion for sharing knowledge & mentoring in the professional business support sector.
Jodie began her career circa twenty years ago as a purchase ledger clerk, supporting the needs of account managers within the UK energy supply markets, and quickly moved into high-level administrative support roles, ranging from Receptionist, Senior Administrative Assistant / Ethics & Compliance Coordinator within the Aerospace industry, to currently supporting two C-Suite Global Executives as a strategic Executive Assistant in the business trasnformation and digital solutions sector
Experienced in supporting senior leadership, ethics & compliance coordination and support in technical development teams, as well as bids & proposals within the aerospace markets (airports and airline technologies).
Always taking her career and self-development into her own hands, Jodie thrives on levelling up in business attributes and skills as well as gaining tremendous self-accomplishment when creatively inspiring others to do the same.
More recently, Jodie has contributed as an advisory board member of the UK's largest exhibition for administrative professionals and volunteered as a regional representative and global operations advisor for an award-winning global networking and lifestyle platform for administrative professionals, attending many in-person and online events and supporting our industry.
Fun Fact
Jodie has always been a keen dancer from a young child, starting ballet at two years old, going on to leading and teaching a dance section in a marching band during her teenage years.
Jodie was also keen on sports, representing her high school nationally in Javelin, cross country running and the netball team.
Not knowing which career to choose, Jodie trained as a Beauty Therapist at college, also studying anatomy and physiology of the skin.
