Executive Virtual Assistant
Lead the Business. Let Us Handle the Logistics.
Executives and founders make the decisions that move a company forward, but too often their days are swallowed by scheduling, travel planning, meeting prep and chasing follow-ups. An executive virtual assistant gives you a trusted right hand who keeps your calendar, correspondence and commitments under control.
Service overview
Executive Virtual Assistant, Explained
The higher your responsibility, the more your time is worth, and the more people want a piece of it. Investors, clients, board members, partners and your own team all need your attention, and every meeting brings preparation before and follow-up after. Without support, leaders end up spending their evenings catching up on the administrative side of leadership.
An executive virtual assistant works closely with you to manage that complexity. They become fluent in your priorities, your relationships and the way you like information presented. They'll manage a demanding calendar, plan travel down to the transfers, prepare briefing notes before important meetings and make sure every action point gets followed up.
It's a relationship built on discretion and trust. That's why we take time to match you with an assistant whose experience and communication style fit the way you work, and why we agree clear confidentiality expectations before your assistant sees anything.
What we handle
What Your Assistant Can Take Off Your Plate
Executive calendar
- Managing complex, multi-stakeholder calendars
- Prioritizing meeting requests against your goals
- Protecting strategic thinking time
- Coordinating board, investor and leadership meetings
Travel coordination
- Researching and booking flights and hotels
- Building detailed itineraries
- Visa and document reminders
- Rebooking when plans change
Meeting preparation
- Briefing notes on attendees and agenda
- Collating reports and pre-reads
- Preparing slide decks and documents
- Capturing actions and decisions afterwards
Correspondence & research
- Stakeholder correspondence and introductions
- Drafting emails, letters and updates
- Background research on companies and people
- Following up on outstanding commitments
Who it's for
Is This the Right Support for You?
Startup founders
You're fundraising, hiring and selling at the same time. An executive assistant keeps the logistics of all three moving.
CEOs and managing directors
Free yourself from scheduling and paperwork so you can focus on strategy, people and performance.
Busy investors and board members
Multiple companies, meetings and documents, managed by one organized person.
Senior consultants and advisers
Keep client engagements, travel and proposals organized without carrying a full-time assistant on payroll.
Business benefits
What Changes When You Delegate
Time for high-value work
Hand off the logistics and give your best hours to decisions only you can make.
Better-prepared meetings
Walk into every important conversation with the context you need.
Commitments that get kept
Follow-ups and promised introductions happen on time, protecting your reputation.
Smoother travel
Organized itineraries and quick rebooking when plans change.
Example workflows
What This Looks Like in Practice
Before an investor meeting
- 1Your assistant confirms the time and sends a calendar invite with the dial-in
- 2Researches attendees and their recent investments
- 3Pulls the latest metrics and deck into a single briefing document
- 4Shares the briefing the evening before and books 15 minutes of prep time in your calendar
Planning a business trip
- 1You share dates, destinations and preferences
- 2Your assistant proposes flight and hotel options within your policy
- 3Books on approval and creates a full itinerary with confirmations
- 4Schedules meetings around travel time and sends local reminders
Commonly used software
We Work Inside Your Tools
Your assistant works in the systems your business already uses. Tool familiarity varies by assistant, so we confirm the right fit for your stack during matching.
- Google Workspace
- Microsoft 365
- Calendly
- Zoom
- Microsoft Teams
- Slack
- Notion
- Asana
- TripIt
- Expensify
- DocuSign
- HubSpot
- Loom
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How Bravura VA supports the workflow
Structured From Day One
Executive support works best when your assistant understands not just your tasks, but your priorities. We begin with a detailed discovery conversation about your role, key relationships, decision-making style and the parts of your week that feel least under control. We then match you with an assistant whose experience fits and set up an onboarding plan that builds access and responsibility gradually.
In the early weeks, expect frequent short check-ins so your assistant can learn quickly. Over time, those become a regular weekly review covering upcoming priorities, travel and outstanding follow-ups. The goal is an assistant who anticipates what you need, not one who waits to be told.
Human oversight & AI
Smart Tools. Human Responsibility.
Meeting summarizers and AI research tools can be genuinely useful for an executive assistant, and where you approve them your assistant may use them to prepare faster. But executive support is fundamentally about relationships and judgment: knowing which invitation to decline politely, which stakeholder needs a personal note, and when a scheduling conflict should come to you. Those calls stay with a person you trust.
How we use AI responsiblyHow it works
Getting Help Shouldn't Add More Work to Your Day.
- 01
Tell Us What You Need
Book a free discovery call and explain the tasks taking up your time.
- 02
Build Your Support Plan
We discuss your workload, priorities, tools, communication requirements and suitable support arrangement.
- 03
Delegate and Focus on Growth
Once your engagement is agreed and onboarding is complete, start delegating tasks and tracking progress.
FAQ
Executive Virtual Assistant FAQs
An administrative assistant handles general business admin. An executive assistant supports one leader closely: managing their calendar, travel, correspondence and meeting preparation, with a higher level of discretion and anticipation.
Working hours are agreed during onboarding. Many executives value overlap for live coordination plus some hours where work is completed while they sleep, ready for the morning.
Yes, within the limits you set. We recommend using a company card or travel account with clear spending rules, and approval for anything outside policy.
Confidentiality expectations are agreed in writing, NDAs can be signed on request, and access is limited to what the role requires. Your assistant never shares your information outside your systems.
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ExploreReady to get started?
Let's Get Some Work Off Your Plate.
Tell us what is taking up your time. We'll help you explore a practical support solution.
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- Emailva@bravura.co.ke
- HeadquartersNairobi, Kenya
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