Anna Squelch

Anna Squelch is GRIT’s Executive Assistant to the Managing Director. Her role spans business development, strategy, marketing and systems. She enjoys being the lynchpin of the team, finding new and better ways of doing things and using AI to bring structure and efficiency to how the team works.

Anna trained in Hospitality Management and later marketing, and holds a Diploma in Marketing and Public Relations. She took her first Executive Assistant role after moving to London in 2012. She then held EA and Office Management roles in London, Sydney and Auckland, in industries as varied as fund management, property, banking, media and government. In 2017 she left full-time work to start her own life coaching business. She travelled the world running retreats, coached clients online, worked with brands and launched a podcast. The business sustained her for more than six years before the pull to come back into corporate life, and to work alongside colleagues again, became too strong.

That draw to people is why Connections is the GRIT value that resonates most with Anna. She sees GRIT’s people as its greatest asset. She says the business feels like a family, one that genuinely cares about the quality of its work and the relationships it builds along the way. Outside work, she’s usually out on a scooter or e-bike with her toddler, travelling, or cooking.