Who We Are
Administrative support is the backbone of every business and no business can run without it.
A Virtual Assistant is an experienced business professional whose expertise lies in providing bespoke administrative support to businesses or individuals to lessen the load of their administrative tasks, thus allowing them to focus on other business priorities.
Virtual Assistants specialise in providing you with collaborative administrative business support and the guidance you need to keep your business organised and moving forward, creating a smarter and stronger operational foundation as a result.
At Allium, we work as an extension of your team to ensure the best outcome, whilst providing you the flexibility to align with your business’s needs. Our aim is to give you back time to focus on what is really important to you, be that growing the business or enjoying some downtime.
A Word About Our Founder & MD
Meet Silja (pronounced Celia)
Silja has over 25 years of operational and business support experience across Europe, Africa and the Middle East spanning a range of sectors, including multinationals, family offices, non-profits, SMEs and start-ups.
One of her proudest accomplishments was co-founding the Topsy Foundation in South Africa – a non-profit organisation aimed at providing relief services to some of South Africa’s most under-resourced rural communities. After successfully running the organisation for 8 years, making a real difference in the lives of over 7,000 beneficiaries, it was time to put the succession plan into action and she is proud that Topsy is still going strong to this day!
Silja has been based in Dubai since 2008, a melting pot of many different cultures and a true testament to diversity and inclusivity.
Her German heritage demands exactitude meaning that dotting i’s and crossing t’s is second nature to her.
With a love of languages (she speaks 5) and an eagle eye for detail, she makes sure that any text is reader-friendly and error-free.
Silja’s personality strengths include a thoughtful and organised approach, reliability, honesty and integrity.
Why work with a Virtual Assistant?
Christine Crater, a sociologist and one of the founders of the Greater Good Science Centre at the University of California, Berkeley says,
“The sweet spot is when you’re operating with the greatest ease, with the least resistance, and the greatest power of strength”.
The key is understanding what you are naturally drawn to and stimulated by, instead of depleted by. The goal is to get as many of the things that drain you off your plate and onto someone else’s who will be energised by them.
Partnering with a Virtual Assistant is a strategic decision to engage a competent expert, specialising in the delivery of, and passionate about, administrative business support.
By consequence your attention is less divided, creating space for insight and allowing you to increase the time you have for developing and growing your business.
More time
Time to run your business, instead of your business running you
More Productivity
Allowing you to focus fully on effectively growing your core business
More Trust
Working with a trusted partner builds confidence and fosters reliance
More Experience
Benefit from 25+years across multinationals, family offices, non-profits, SMEs & start-ups
Listen with curiosity.
Speak with honesty.
Act with integrity.
Roy T. Bennett
Don’t Just Take Our Word For It
I worked closely with Silja for nearly 3 years. She is a very well organized ‘doer’ who exudes positive energy as she works through the priorities at hand. Silja takes on tasks of all kinds with the same focus on efficiency, timeliness, and completeness. She strives to understand larger business priorities which helps her contribute optimally and put projects in appropriate context. And she took time to understand our key customers.
Complementing her efficient manner, she cares deeply for her team members and she knows how to balance hard work with the importance of maintaining an enjoyable work environment. I highly recommend Silja…
Todd Freeman
Former GE Executive
I have known Silja for over 15 years, she is a warm, friendly and talented person, a wonderful communicator, multi-lingual and extremely versatile.
Having worked for me for many years, not only did Silja flawlessly handle all of our administrative tasks but she frequently deputised for me in important meetings.
Silja is extremely diligent, the quality of her work is exceptional, even when responding to tight deadlines. Her greatest assets are her honesty and integrity, so important when you are placing your trust in others.
I can unreservedly recommend Allium Business Support Services and have no doubt that given the opportunity, they will become a huge asset to your organisation.
Bryan Saunders
Former Business Development Director, Methanex Middle East
I enjoyed working with Silja! She always took the time to really get to understand what I was looking for. She was always organised, friendly and prepared, and she really ensured that things flowed and progressed smoothly. Silja is highly capable, a true professional.
Anne French
Independent Business Owner
It was always a pleasure working with Silja at aviation leader GECAS in Dubai, where we worked closely together over a period of five years. Silja is an impressive and organised leader with a highly structured means of prioritising and delivering a multitude of workscopes. I could always rely on Silja to deliver what was agreed in the timeline expected. With a very creative approach to challenges posed, she has regularly shown that new issues are well within her skillset to solve.
Silja is also a superb communicator, someone who maintains strong and enduring relationships with fellow leaders, colleagues and clients. Beyond the work, she is brilliant company in and out of the office environment. I would be delighted to work with Silja again in the future.
Cronan Enright
Former Chief Marketing & Strategy Officer at aviation lessor & financier GECAS
Don’t Just Take Our Word For It
I worked closely with Silja for nearly 3 years. She is a very well organized ‘doer’ who exudes positive energy as she works through the priorities at hand. Silja takes on tasks of all kinds with the same focus on efficiency, timeliness, and completeness. She strives to understand larger business priorities which helps her contribute optimally and put projects in appropriate context. And she took time to understand our key customers.
Complementing her efficient manner, she cares deeply for her team members and she knows how to balance hard work with the importance of maintaining an enjoyable work environment. I highly recommend Silja…
Todd Freeman
Former GE Executive
I have known Silja for over 15 years, she is a warm, friendly and talented person, a wonderful communicator, multi-lingual and extremely versatile.
Having worked for me for many years, not only did Silja flawlessly handle all of our administrative tasks but she frequently deputised for me in important meetings.
Silja is extremely diligent, the quality of her work is exceptional, even when responding to tight deadlines. Her greatest assets are her honesty and integrity, so important when you are placing your trust in others.
I can unreservedly recommend Allium Business Support Services and have no doubt that given the opportunity, they will become a huge asset to your organisation.
Bryan Saunders
Former Business Development Director, Methanex Middle East
I enjoyed working with Silja! She always took the time to really get to understand what I was looking for. She was always organised, friendly and prepared, and she really ensured that things flowed and progressed smoothly. Silja is highly capable, a true professional.
Anne French
Independent Business Owner
It was always a pleasure working with Silja at aviation leader GECAS in Dubai, where we worked closely together over a period of five years. Silja is an impressive and organised leader with a highly structured means of prioritising and delivering a multitude of workscopes. I could always rely on Silja to deliver what was agreed in the timeline expected. With a very creative approach to challenges posed, she has regularly shown that new issues are well within her skillset to solve.
Silja is also a superb communicator, someone who maintains strong and enduring relationships with fellow leaders, colleagues and clients. Beyond the work, she is brilliant company in and out of the office environment. I would be delighted to work with Silja again in the future.
Cronan Enright
Former Chief Marketing & Strategy Officer at aviation lessor & financier GECAS
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At Allium we hold ourselves to the highest ethical standards. We operate with professionalism, are bound by integrity and transparency and are committed to a value-system based on respect.
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