Senior Executive Support
​Senior, part‑time executive support for leaders. Discreet help managing priorities, communications, and complex workloads. Retainer‑based tiers with absolute confidentiality.
Executive Support, Defined
Metis Executives provides senior, part‑time executive support for leaders who need clear thinking, calm structure, and discreet operational oversight.
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The practice supports you across communications, priorities, and day‑to‑day operational demands — all delivered through defined monthly retainers and with absolute confidentiality.
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This is judgement‑led support designed to remove friction, create clarity, and help you stay focused on decisions that matter.
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Services
Choose the level of senior support that best fits your workload. All retainers are remote, structured, and delivered with discretion
Deep, high‑calibre operational support for leaders managing significant complexity.
Structured partnership with consistent oversight across priorities, communication flow, and stakeholder demands.​
Comprehensive inbox and diary management
Coordination across multiple workstreams
Preparation of documents, briefs and logistics
Light, senior oversight to bring structure to your week in a contained monthly retainer.​
Focused inbox and diary tidy
Clear priorities for the week ahead
Light coordination and follow‑through
Consistent, senior support across the week, providing structured oversight of communications, priorities, and operational flow.​
Full inbox and diary management
Preparation for meetings and commitments
Ongoing coordination and follow‑through
The Person Behind the Practice
Ashleigh Houlden
A senior operations and leadership support professional with deep experience in complex, high‑pressure environments. I specialise in managing communication flow, coordinating stakeholders, structuring priorities, and ensuring consistent progress across demanding workloads.
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My background spans operational leadership, confidential communication management, programme and logistics
coordination, governance, and organisational development.
I bring a calm, structured approach that creates clarity, protects focus, and supports leaders to operate at their best.
