Donald Trump’s executive assistant (EA), Natalie Harp, has entered the spotlight following reports that she joined him when he swapped planes to avoid an assassination plot, and speculation over their relationship. Harp travels with the President on all domestic and international trips, and is often seen carrying a portable printer to provide Trump with hard copies of articles and social media posts.
Executive assistants can be some of the most powerful people in a company – as the gatekeepers of directors’ diaries and personal lives. But they’re also the most put upon.
Here, an EA working at a prestigious financial services firm in London reveals what it’s like to be an aide to some of the UK’s wealthiest people.
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A guy I worked for once rang me from a hotel in Amsterdam and said: “Could you ring the front desk and tell them that my bags are ready to collect from my room?”
