Who we are...

Jean Tsang and Debbie Widmer met in 1984 at a Building Services Design Engineering Company where they both worked.  

After the birth of Jean’s son in 1990 she moved to Hong Kong where she lived and worked for 7 years. During her time there Jean worked initially as a P.A. to the Managing Director of a Business Centre and Executive Search Division. She assisted with the day to day running of the Centre, dealing with Clients, drawing up contracts and arranging full support for the tenants. Jean then went on to work as the P.A. to the Chief Executive Officer for the Asia Pacific Region of a large American Company specialising in  cable television, telecommunications and broadband equipment, where she was very quickly promoted to Office Manager.

Debbie, in the meantime and after the birth of two sons, had joined an Independent Recruitment Agency where she was employed as the Payroll Manager.  She was responsible for all aspects of payroll for up to 250 employees on a weekly basis. She quickly became the Accounts Manager and was responsible for all payments, receipts and all account reporting, liaising with Banks, Government Departments and also all employee payroll matters using a bespoke Payroll System and Sage 50 Accounts software.

On her return to the UK in 1998 Jean joined a local company of Consulting Engineers as the P.A. to three Directors which incorporated the Office Manager roll which included supporting a team of engineers. She worked at this Company for 11 years.  

Looking for a challenge Debbie and Jean decided that it would be exciting to join forces and use their diverse experience and skills to set up ‘The P.A. Team Ltd.’