MILACHIA GROUP - Key Persons
Abigail Jones is a career Executive Assistant, winner of PA Life Club PA of the Year 2019 and Miss Jones PA of the Year 2018, shortlisted for Anderson Hoare PA of the Year 2019, Outstanding Achievement, EA of The Year 2018, London PA of the Year 2017, PA of the Year 2016.
She was featured on the cover of PA Life Magazine and is a regular contributor to it, and has also been featured on panel shows, key note speeches, articles, summits and workshops with the European Executive Assistant Conference, The Global PA Association, Practically Perfect, LCCI PA Club and SecsInTheCity. With three degrees in the Arts, she started her career working at the Victoria and Albert Museum, Tate Museums, Christies and Sotheby's auction houses and private art dealers.
Abigail then moved into Healthcare, Charity, Law, Fashion/Luxury Retail (L'Oreal, ghd) and is currently the EA to VP/Director at Facebook (Meta). Abigail specialises in working at ‘C suite' level, and is passionate about encouraging PA's to get the most of out their careers, giving women and equal voice in the workplace, and developing skill sets to make the most of the role of Executive and Personal Assistant. She also provides professional coaching and mentoring to individual EAs and PAs and as well as corporate groups.
Job Titles:
- Executive Assistant and Office Manager / Hut 8 Mining Corporation
Amal has an associate degree in travel counseling, is a certified administrative professional in organizational management, human resources management, event management & planning, and is an accredited coach practitioner. She started her career in the travel and hospitality industry in 2000, working in various roles. In 2009, Amal shifted to working in the corporate financial sector, building her experience from the ground up by working as a receptionist/admin assistant in various contract roles.
Since then, she has held an executive assistant role, moving, and serving within different departments in the financial industry until 2018, in addition to her past work portfolio in retail, travel, hospitality, financial, legal, and non-profit sectors. She is currently working in the fintech industry, learning and gaining new insights while building and adding to her diverse work experiences supporting c-suite executives.
Amal is a blogger, a podcaster host of "Distracted by life," sharing insights, wisdom, and helpful tips from showing up authentically, overcoming setbacks, and learning from failures, Amal is the author of "Authentic Leader" for emerging leaders and people managers and "Executive Assistant Guide to Survival" for administrative professionals.
Job Titles:
- Executive Assistant
- Executive Assistant to the Chief Risk Officer / Laurentian Bank of Canada
Inji is the Executive Assistant to the Executive Vice President, Chief Risk Officer at Laurentian Bank of Canada, and has a proven track record of success working with C-level executives in the Canadian financial sector and multinational operations, and with high officials in the European and Egyptian governments. With over than 15 years of experience in operations, business, and project management, Inji enjoys achieving her goals by assisting leaders to get to theirs, and providing valuable support to leaders and organizations that she believes in. Coupled with a strong background in communications, Inji had the unique opportunity to consult with the European Union and assisted 32 short-term experts from the European Union (France, Italy, and the Netherlands) in more than 80 missions.
The desire to learn and achieve is her ultimate source of motivation. She is a hard worker who throws herself into her work, but if you asked her about the toughest work she has done so far, she would say it is, "to find the self from within, to change it positively, and to use it to create a positive impact." Born and raised in Egypt, Inji moved to Canada in 2018. She is a life-long learner with a Bachelor's degree in French Language and Literature, a Post-Graduate degree in Translation and Interpreting, and a certificate in Corporate Business Communications. She speaks three languages: Arabic, French, and English.
Job Titles:
- Executive Assistant to the President
Job Titles:
- Executive Assistant to the CMO
Tom was born and raised in Philadelphia, PA where he spent his formative years giving tours of historic sites in period garb (he now excels at walking backwards and telling a good story). He then attended Wagner College, where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree, and recently earned a Master's in Branding from the School for Visual Arts.
Upon joining the workforce, Tom discovered that he loved organization, timeliness, making people's day better, and trying to guess lunch orders - so he parlayed that into being an Executive Assistant. Tom has worked in various industries with a myriad of personalities - on Wall Street for Deutche Bank and Barclay's Capital, at Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, and at ViacomCBS for the Chief Creative Officer of Nickelodeon as well as the Global President of Consumer Products. Tom is currently assistant to the SVP of Communications, Advertising and Partnerships at NBCUniversal.
In his spare time, Tom loves to read, garden, cross stitch, crochet, knit, and bake (he is truly a Golden Girl at heart). At Martha Stewart's suggestion, Tom even started an Etsy shop (@tomtomcrafts), which he's had less time for since he and his husband purchased a fixer-upper home in the suburbs.
Tom has always been a curious person who tries to find logic and humor in any situation. He is looking forward to sharing his experiences as well as learning more about being an Elevated Assistant.