Chris Newcombe

Background

About Chris Newcombe

Professional Summary • Proven Executive Assistant with 20+ years of experience supporting company Presidents, VPs, and C-level executives. • Extensively proficient in the full spectrum of administrative support duties, including, but not limited to: o Acting as gatekeeper to manage executives most valuable resource, their time. o Arranging all aspects of travel for both domestic and international travel. Arrangements include booking flights (both commercial and private), planning transportation services during travel, hotel booking, meal planning, itinerary creation, and expenses. o Creation of several standard and ad-hoc weekly/monthly/quarterly reports using a variety of systems. o Management of correspondence; both physical and electronic in a timely manner. o Coordination and management of many onsite and electronic meetings. Meeting preparation includes document production and distribution, physical location management/booking, and catering scheduling. • Extensive experience supporting a wide variety of teams and functions, including Legal & Compliance, Public Trading, Portfolio Management, Human Resources, IT, Credit Analysis, and Private Equity. • Extensively skilled in maintaining effective working relationships with colleagues and clients, prioritizing action items with minimal oversight, and exercising discretion and confidentiality. • Fully proficient in the MS Office suite of programs: Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint, and have often been a point of first contact for resolution of issues with these programs. Professional Experience PPM America (Chicago, IL) June 2007 – September 2021 Administrative Assistant to the President/CEO/CIO and CFO May 2021 – Sep 2021 Administrative Assistant to CIO June 2015- May 2021 Administrative Assistant to Head of Credit Research May 2011-June 2015 Administrative Assistant to Head of Legal & Compliance/General Counsel June 2007 – May 2011 • Provided phone coverage, extensive calendar management, and gatekeeping • Managed all travel arrangements (domestic and international) and logistics including itineraries and expenses • Prepared various weekly/monthly/quarterly reports and presentations for multiple internal and external constituents • Managed large meetings including video conferencing, document production and catering set up/clean up • Provided complete administrative support for several additional teams, including Jackson Accounts, Public Trading, Finance/Accounting, and Private Equity.