Executive assistant: Performance boost
In the third instalment of the series, Insurance Age meets Matt Perkin, executive assistant (EA) to Zurich UK chief executive officer Tulsi Naidu, and Jo Burton, former EA to previous Zurich UK CEO Vibhu Sharma
Matt Perkin has been Zurich UK CEO Tulsi Naidu’s EA, or strategic assistant as the provider calls it, since April last year.
“No two days are the same, which is part of the attraction – it’s exciting and you don’t necessarily know how your week is going to pan out let alone your day,” he states.
His job is to be Naidu’s eyes and ears on the ground in the organisation and to understand how everything fits together to provide insight as well as prepare her for meetings and other engagements.
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