Behind-the-scenes magic, making the impossible happen seamlessly.
Project management & EA/PA/VA services, encouraging clients to reclaim their most valuable asset : time.
About Lydia
Photo: Lara Arnott
Lydia Cole is a senior Executive Personal Assistant with over a decade of experience across private households, boutique finance, top-tier investment firms, property and the creative industries since graduating from Durham University in 2013.
As the founder of Berehaven, she provides bespoke EA/PA /VA services to private clients, entrepreneurs, consultancies and private households, while mentoring and working with junior assistants as and when required.
Having worked both in the UK & abroad, Lydia brings sharp insight, adaptability, and the ability to hit the ground running ; delivering immediate value and effortlessly navigating shifting demands with confidence and emotional intelligence.
Lydia brings a resourceful, strategic approach as an understated and trusted right-hand.
Services
We work with clients who require flexible, fractional, project-based or virtual support.
Berehaven Bespoke
The exceptional becomes the everyday…
**sourcing two Irish Wolfhounds for a Vogue Scandinavia shoot on Hampstead Heath with 72h notice
**co-ordinating the overnight decoration of a Christmas tree in a London hotel as if by elves
** overseeing brand activations & pop-ups
**instructing an a English master thatcher for an unusual renovation in Normandy
Effortless execution with the ease of the impossible falling into place. Available on an ad-hoc or project basis, working with a wider Berehaven team.
Executive / Personal / Virtual Assistant
Delegate your personal and business support tasks ; handled with total discretion. Intuitive support across every aspect of personal and professional life. Drawing on extensive and wide-ranging experience and emotional intelligence, ensuring a sense of calm and control behind the scenes.
A seamless partnership with a strategic ally.
Supported directly by Lydia on a monthly retainer (from 10hrs per week), either in-person (London) or remote.
Unchartered by Berehaven
Unchartered delivers joyful moments; crafting entirely bespoke parties, celebrations and holidays with meticulous attention to detail, comfort, privacy and authenticity. We’ve organised a fireside celebration under the stars, a beachside breakfast on an uninhabited island and a vegan alcohol-free winery tour in Sicily.
No brochures, no guidebook itineraries, quietly perfected.
Available on an ad-hoc or project basis.
Kind Words
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"... especially nice ..."
Dame Tracey Emin DBE RA
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"I can't believe the trouble that you have been to and really am hugely grateful...thank you for your incredibly kind efforts."
Hotelier - London & Marrakech
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"Very enthusiastic...positive manner to her work...bright and cheerful and assisted greatly. Always extremely well-mannered and polite and got on well with everyone. A great addition to your team."
Tiffany Parsons - Vontobel Asset Management
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"An absolute powerhouse to get to know and work with, thank you for everything you have added to our team!"
Liza Tullidge
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" More helpful than all of the agents combined and there have been a lot of them!"
HNWI relocating from LA to Notting Hill
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"Lydia is extremely trustworthy and is always there when I have needed her...her ability to prioritise is one that many people do not possess...she holds herself to high standards...polite and engaging"
James Ash - RBC Capital Markets
