Strategic PA Network & Strategic PA Recruitment

Sarah Howson founded the network 7 years ago whilst off on maternity leave. A former Executive Assistant herself, she understands how important it is to build and have a network of likeminded Assistants you can turn to for support. Marianne Whitlock is very much a people person through and through and has an interesting sales, marketing and events background as well as a huge passion for fitness. Together, Sarah and Marianne run Strategic PA Recruitment alongside building the PA Network community. Championing the Business Support profession as well as enabling a platform to build an incredibly professional, warm and friendly network.

STRATEGIC PA RECRUITMENT

We're passionate about PEOPLE and building long-term relationships which is exactly why we launched Strategic PA Recruitment in 2020. As a former C Suite level Executive Assistant herself Sarah understands how fundamental the role of an EA is to a business. Strategic PA Recruitment is a boutique agency based in Buckinghamshire specialising in Chief of Staff, Operations Manager, Executive Assistant, Personal Assistant and Office Manager positions all over the Thames Valley/South East and throughout the UK. We work across all business sectors matching high calibre experienced Personal and Executive Assistants to clients from Entrepreneurs to CEOs.We love what we do and are very proud of the company we’ve created. We pride ourselves on providing exceptional, personal service. If you’d like to get in touch, please contact us on s.howson@strategicparecruitment.com or m.whitlock@strategicparecruitment.com.STRATEGIC PA NETWORK

Sarah is also the Founder and Director (alongside Marianne) of Strategic PA Network an active professional network for Personal Assistants (PAs), Executive Assistants (EAs), Virtual Assistants (VAs), Administrators and Office Managers who live or work in London or the South East. The aim of the network is to connect like-minded business professionals enabling them to build relationships, learn and inspire one another. I love networking, bringing people together and enjoy championing the Business Support industry. FORMER EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT

Sarah is a former Executive Assistant with over twenty years’ of C Suite level experience. She began her working career straight from university assisting the CEO of a small start-up semiconductor company (30 employees) and then moved to a FTSE250 international oil and gas support services company (20,000 employees), where she supported both the CEO and the CFO. Sarah has a BA Hons in Business Management & IT as well as being CIPD qualified.