Welcome to Vershaw: Where Executive Support Meets Life, Travel & Everything In Between

Welcome to the very first blog post on Vershaw, a space I’ve created to bring together the many layers of my life, career, and passions.

Vershaw is, first and foremost, a professional platform grounded in Executive Support, Administration, and Board Governance. But it’s also something more personal. This blog will be a blended journal, part professional insight, part lifestyle reflection because in real life, none of these things exist in neat little silos.

Here you’ll find articles on all things Executive Assistance, governance, organisation, and high-level support, alongside stories from years of travel, motherhood, family life, and more recently, rediscovering the joy of couples travel and lifestyle. Add in a love for great food, beautiful restaurants, cooking, the great ourtdoors and entertaining, and you have the full picture.

This blog is for those who like structure and spontaneity. Those who love a well-run board meeting just as much as a perfectly planned holiday.

Why Vershaw?

After years working at senior executive and board level, I’ve learned that great support is invisible when it’s done well, but absolutely critical. Organisation, planning, anticipation, and calm execution sit at the heart of everything I do professionally.

At the same time, those same skills have shaped my personal life from raising children and managing busy family schedules, to planning unforgettable trips and hosting memorable dinners.

Vershaw is where these worlds meet.

Through this blog, I hope to:

• Share practical insights into executive support and governance

• Demystify the realities of high-level administration

• Offer helpful tools, systems, and perspectives for busy professionals

• Document my travel experiences and itineraries (past, present, and future...)

• Share honest reflections on work, life, balance

• Celebrate food, travel, and the joy of doing things well

About Me

I'm Alex, a 40‑something, full‑time working mum of two young adults, and a wife of over 20 years.

By day, I work in Executive Support and Governance, supporting senior leaders with precision, discretion, and strategy. I live and breathe calendars, inboxes, agendas, minutes, travel logistics, governance processes, and the quiet art of making complex things run smoothly.

Outside of work, I’m the micro‑manager of the household, the organiser, planner, list‑maker, routine‑lover, and unofficial social secretary. If it needs coordinating, colour‑coding, or forward planning, it probably lives in my head (or one of many lists).

I’m someone who thrives on order, but deeply appreciates life’s beautiful moments, especially those found through travel and food. Over the years, travel with young children has evolved into something different: a renewed love for intentional couples travel and exploring the world with our young adult children, slowing down, and truly experiencing places together.

I’m also a lover of fine restaurants, home cooking, and entertaining, whether that’s discovering exceptional food while travelling or creating meaningful gatherings around a table at home.

Most of all, I’m hoping this space inspires others, whether that’s through professional guidance, relatable stories, or simply reassurance that it’s possible to juggle ambition, family, and joy.

What You Can Expect From This Blog

This will be a blended blog, intentionally so. You can expect content across:

Executive Support & Governance

• Executive Assistance insights

• Board and governance fundamentals

• Best‑practice administration

• Tools, systems, and workflows

• Real‑world lessons from the front line of executive support

Lifestyle, Travel & Family

• Documenting travel across different life stages

  • Travelling with children and now young adults

  • Couples travel and rediscovering time together

• Honest reflections on working motherhood

Food, Entertaining & Enjoying Life

• • Favourite restaurants and dining experiences

  • Hosting, entertaining, and creating moments that matter

Some posts will be practical. Some reflective. Some purely for enjoyment. All will be written with intention and authenticity.

A Final Word

Vershaw is a professional platform, but this blog is human.

If you’re an executive, assistant, board member, working parent, traveller, planner, or someone who simply appreciates doing things thoughtfully and well, you’re in the right place.

Thank you for being here at the beginning.

— Alex

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