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Personal details:

Name: Katalin VargaDate of birth, place: 03-04-1981, BudapestAddress: 2120 Dunakeszi, Vajda János u. 8/ATel.: 06/20/339-0445E-mail: vargakate@freemail.hu

Highlights of experience:

10 years’ experience of assistance and coordination in an international consumer-led business

3 years’ experience in project management 2 years in leader position as head of reception 3 years’ experience as Personal Assistant of the Country Manager

Professional experience:

October 2006 – 2016 Provident Pénzügyi Zrt. (Member of International Personal Finance Group, Provident Financial Hungary)

2013 - 2016 Executive Assistant of the Country Manager (one direct report)

Providing professional support for the CM as well as the Board of directors in any daily

operational requirements, administrative tasks (assistance of 7 Board members, and the CM)

Preparing business documents, executive summaries, presentations (marketing, legal,

commercial data)

Organising Board meetings, preparing meeting minutes

Organising national workshops; coordinating Board travels

Maintaining daily contact with the Group, as well as with all the other departments of the

company

2010-2013 Junior Project Manager

Coordinating running projects within the company and internationally, across the Group

Preparing summaries, giving updates and making reports based on the weekly meetings with

the project managers; making and circulating regular reports and presentations to the UK

Keeping monthly project conference calls

Project leading in case of requests

Collecting and coordinating project documentations, supporting internal auditors

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Putting together, leading and training the project management framework for project

managers (8 training occasions, 78 participants)

Creating and monitoring the project management policy

Creating and maintaining the web page of the project office

2008-2010 Head of Reception (two direct reports)

General office management (service development, providing support and managing daily

problems, keeping contact with the facility management)

Travel management (arranging flights; booking accommodation, keeping daily contact with

travel agencies, hotels)

Finding new hotels, negotiating corporate rates

Catering

Coordinating and controlling the work of the receptionists, succession planning - ensuring

continuous support and development of the area

2006-2008.1 Project Coordinator

Project Assistance

Administrative tasks

Education:2001-2006 University of Horticulture (Corvinus University of Budapest)

Studies in Horticulture

2005-2006 Specialization in Herb & Aroma

2002-2003 Qualify in Flower Arrangement

2000-2005 KRE - Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary, MA in English Language and Literature

1999-2000 FEB course in English and History

1996-1999 Szent László Secondary Grammar School (Advanced English level)

1994-1995 United States of America, Denver, CO. Studies in Littleton High School

Other Courses:

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2009 EMS training Course SEQM, IPF

2010 LEAN training, Provident Financial Hungary - Improvers Group

Skills: English: Business Proficiency

Hungarian: native

Driving license / B category

PC skills: Microsoft Office Word, Microsoft Publisher, Microsoft Office Excel 2007, Microsoft

Office PowerPoint 2007, Visio, Internet, E-mail, Adobe Photoshop, Axapta, Post Administrator

programme

Interests:Sports, gardening, cooking, horse-riding, music, culture

Other: Non-smoker