Karina Heffel

💼 About Me

I’m a Senior C-Level Executive Assistant with 15+ years of international experience across healthcare, government, automotive, and pharmaceutical sectors. For over a decade, I’ve partnered with global leaders in multinational environments—offering strategic support, operational clarity, and a human touch.

🌍 Trilingual in Spanish, English, and Portuguese, and a dual citizen of Argentina and the U.S., I bring a global mindset to every professional interaction. My years living and working in the U.S. shaped me into a cultural and operational bridge—while my Argentine roots inspire adaptability, warmth, and resilience.

📚 Currently expanding my strategic lens through Global Business studies, I’m deepening my ability to anticipate risks, identify opportunities, and support executive decision-making with insight and foresight.

✨ As founder of LatAm Executive Voices, I’m creating spaces for mentoring and storytelling, amplifying the voices of Latin American Executive Assistants and building bridges across leaders, cultures, and generations.

🤝 I´d like to connect with leaders and teams who value strategic partnership, cultural intelligence, and authentic collaboration.

Let’s build something meaningful together!

Karina Heffel

• Redesigned CEO´s calendar and planning system, reducing scheduling conflicts by 30%, ensuring 98% punctuality and aligning 12+ international trips, 6 Board meetings, and 20+ internal leadership events with zero scheduling overlaps.
• Planned and executed 15+ Executive Team and Board meetings, ensuring 100% on-time starts and delivering 20% cost savings through vendor negotiations and streamlined logistics.
• Coordinated travel for 10+ international trips, ensuring full visa compliance and reducing booking turnaround from 5 days to 2 days, enabling faster decision-making.
• Upholding 100% confidentiality, drafting discreet, time-sensitive responses within 2 business hours on average.
• For the 5th consecutive year, coordinated participation of a team of eight executives from South America, Asia, Middle East, and Europe and the company's presence at the CPHI in Europe, optimizing costs through vendor negotiation, coordinating stand design, managing budgets, and overseeing travel and hotel arrangements for all attendees.

• Leadership & Communication, Santander Open Academy, 2024-2025
• Business & Strategy, LinkedIn Learning, 2023-2025
• Diversity & Inclusion, SafetyCulture, 2025-01-01
• PM Kick-Off, PMI, 2025