A Day in the Life of an Executive Assistant, Europe  

 
 

 

Check morning papers for relevant business, financial and political news and pass information to manager

Check e-mails that came in overnight from the US and Asia Pacific

8.45 a.m.
Daily meeting with manager. Discuss final changes for his Powerpoint presentation for the board tomorrow and plan his agenda for the following week. Does he need input / support?

10.30 a.m.
Interview with business school graduate and potential candidate for the Allianz Management Program

11.00 a.m.
Meeting with management team: current projects, updates from various departments

12.30 p.m.
Lunch

1.00 p.m.
Call the event agency to discuss agenda and venues for top management meeting in London next month

1.30 p.m.
Meeting with corporate development department on strategy

4.00 p.m.
Meeting with project team "liaise with stakeholders". Collect feedback and data necessary to brief manager

5.00 p.m.
Meeting with project team "new product development": discuss marketing strategy and setting up of legal and operational structure for new product

6.00 p.m.
Work on input for strategic process with Corporate Development and Controlling

7.00 p.m.
Attend meeting on current M&A activities, present information on potential companies based on own research