A WILTSHIRE Entrepreneur has been named Virtual Assistant of the Year for the South West.

Donna Redshaw, 38, will now go forward to the national finals of the UK’s Virtual Assistant of the Year.

She saw off hundreds of contestants for the regional title and will be heading off to London’s Olympia in October to take part in the final of the awards.

Having got her first admin job at 16, Donna puts her success down to a varied career, which has involved supporting people from the CEO of a company to the most junior assistant.

Donna has also run a cake shop where she designed and made the cakes and then worked for a property search company until she was made redundant.

“After that, I got offered a one day temping job in Malmesbury which I left four years later having gone from a temp to PA to the CEO in just nine months,” she said.

“I think all these jobs helped me to learn how to ensure people were in the right place at the right time.

“I’ve always enjoyed problem solving and being resourceful.

“All the jobs I’ve done have had high attention to detail. I have also done party planning, run my own pub and spent seven years as a childminder.

“I can juggle and multitask really well. I really enjoy meeting people and making sure everyone is looked after.”

Donna launched her own company, Diamond PA Services, in October 2012. She began working from home but now has her own office and a growing team of staff and clients.