Beryl Lewis, Personal Assistant / Commercial Assistant -

Beryl has a rich pedigree as a P.A., as well as supporting financial departments. She has amazing attention to detail and manages to juggle innumerable tasks effortlessly; a level of organisation that borders on the worryingly efficient. 

Indeed, we have come to the conclusion that the ability to achieve as much as she does, flawlessly, in as little time as she does – well frankly it’s not right. She manages to do in a morning what used to take the rest of us all week. Taking the Sherlock Holmes philosophy, having eliminated the logical option that anyone can humanly be that efficient, we are left with the conclusion that Beryl is in fact a machine. Albeit a hugely engaging machine. (The alternative that the rest of us might be less than fantastic at admin was of course immediately dismissed). 

However, clients will be delighted to know that the Microsoft BERYL (Mark One) comes with a warmth and charm programme of the highest order. Bill Gates says with justifiable pride “we wanted to produce an interactive personality that was lovely, and we succeeded to a degree that borders on showing off”.