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Olga Guerrero HorasE-mail: [email protected]
E MPLOYMENT
2010 Oct - 2011 Apr British Embassy, Trade & Investment
Adviser, Madrid, Spain. Industry focus: UKTI, Commercial Department
of the British Embassy. Responsibilities: Assisting British
companies to develop their business in Spain and promoting
inwardinvestment to the UK. Supporting and selling British
companies products and services to SMEs in Spain,looking for
potential business partners and encouraging deals. Maintaining our
CRM database, providinggeneral administrative support to the team
and assisting in the organisation of events. Results and skills:
Contributed to the delivery of various projects that resulted in
highly satisfied clients.Conducted research and produced clear and
accurate reports for internal purposes. Provided supportmaterial
for the Officers visits. Demonstrated readiness to learn and
develop resulting in increasingly morecritical responsibilities and
duties. Improved my planning and organization skills for effective
prioritization of work by working for different sectors and trade
advisors simultaneously. Played a significant role in
theorganization of a UKTI event during a VVIP visit.
2009 Dec - Present Water Aid, Campaign Translator , London, UK.
Industry focus: Organization dedicated to the provision of safe
water and sanitation in developing countries. Responsibilities:
Translation of material for two campaigns for the Campaign and
Communications Officer. Results and skills: Set high quality
standards to my work and always met deadlines. Contributed to Water
Aids overall campaigning achievements expanding their reach to the
Spanish-speaking world.
2009 Sep - 2010 Mar Teach A Man To Fish, Pan African Competition
Coordinator, London, UK.
Industry focus: Non-profit organization working with
self-sufficient schools in developing countries. Responsibilities:
Launch and management of the 2009 Pan African Awards for
Entrepreneurship inEducation under the direction of the CEO.
Developed the promotional material, acted as media contact andwas
responsible for online advertising. Assisted with the organization
of fundraising events. Results and skills: Improved my
decision-making skills and learnt to be responsible for delivering
whatwas expected. Bettered my ability to approach problems in a
logical and structured manner. Achievedunprecedented success in the
project increasing the number of participants by 50%, achieving
widespreadmedia coverage and expanded the organizations worldwide
network of partner schools.
2007 Jul - 2007 Sep Barclays Bank, Summer Intern, Madrid, Spain.
Industry focus: Leading foreign bank in Spain with a turnover of
1,000m in 2007 and 1 million customers. Responsibilities: Provided
international personal and corporate customers with high quality
commercialbanking services. Assisted in client meetings and
performed ad-hoc administrative tasks. Results and skills: Improved
my interpersonal skills and demonstrated a great flexibility
switching between
posts during the summer holiday leaves. Contributed to the
excellent performance of the branch byidentifying customers needs
and ensuring they were matched to the appropriate product or member
of theteam, maximizing sales potential and service.
2006 Jul - 2006 Sep San Solutions SA, Sales Assistant, Madrid,
Spain. Industry focus: Telecommunications company specialised in
providing services for storage networking. Responsibilities:
Promoted products, offered logistical support and maintained an
active client database. Results and skills: Developed a strong
sense of awareness for customers needs and acquiredfundamental
notions skills in sales and customer relationship management.
E DUCATION
2009 Sep - 2010 Sep MA International Studies and Diplomacy,
SOAS, University of London, UK.Graduated with Merit. Distinction
grade final dissertation EU development assistance to MENA.
2005 Oct - 2009 Jun BSc Hons Economics with Study in Continental
Europe, University of Bristol, UK. Graduated with Second Class
Honours (First Division).
2007 Sep - 2008 Jun Erasmus Exchange Programme, Universit
Grenoble II, France.All courses completed in French with First
Class Honours.
2003 Sep - 2005 Jun Nuestra Seora del Buen Consejo School,
Spain. Spanish Baccalaureate. Highest grades with an average of 9.1
out of 10.
E XTRACURRICULAR
2008 Oct 2010 Jun Squash Club, University of Bristol and School
of Oriental and African Studies. Organiser and active player of the
intermediate girls competitions and coaching sessions.
2007 Dec 2008 Jun cole de glisse and cole de voile, Universit
Grenoble II. Assistant to the organiser in the promotion of skiing
and windsurfing excursions to Erasmus students.
2006 Sep 2007 Jun Investment Society, University of
Bristol.Deputy to the president for the organization of investment
seminars and trips to financial businesses.
A DDITIONAL I NFORMATION
Languages: Spanish mother tongue. Fluent English and French .
Intermediate German and Swedish. Beginner Arabic. IT skills:
Advanced user of Ms Office. Interests: Current affairs and
diplomacy, Spanish and French impressionist art, fashion, skiing,
tennis and squash.
