Executive Assistants
Senior EAs turning calendar, inbox and stakeholder flow into strategic leverage for the leader they partner with.
Invitation-only · Gated Operator Community
A room for the people who run the room.
An invitation-only space where high-performing Executive Assistants, Chiefs of Staff and Founder's Office leads share operational intelligence, swap playbooks, solve founder-led problems and master workflows and frameworks.
Built for operators who carry executive weight.
We never treat the executive office as routine admin support. This community is for operators whose judgement multiplies a leader's effectiveness.
Chiefs of Staff
Operators running cross-functional execution, board preparation, operating reviews and special projects.
Founder's Office Leads
Builders taking high-priority launches, partnerships and new market entries straight from the founder’s desk to reality.
Strategic Operators Globally
Business partners, PMO leads and executive office professionals moving from reactive coordination into strategic partnership.
What sits on a member's calendar.
Six practical pillars designed to help you solve live problems on Monday and build long-term career leverage.
Operational intelligence
What is working right now in executive offices like yours, shared by people doing the job.
Playbooks and frameworks
Templates, workflows and operating rhythms you can use on Monday.
Founder-led problem solving
Bring a live problem; get answers from peers who have solved it.
AI workflows
Practical ways to use AI that strengthen your judgement rather than replace it.
First look at roles
Openings shortlisted by COvia are shared with members first.
The Discourse
Priority places at roundtables, fireside chats and networking evenings.
Roundtables, fireside chats and networking evenings.
Members receive priority places across The Discourse — our programme of peer roundtables, workshops and operator dialogues.
Monthly · Small-group working sessions
Curated roundtables & workshops
Candid, off-the-record sessions where 12–20 operators dissect AI workflows, board packs and founder alignment.
Bi-monthly · Founder & operator dialogues
Fireside chats & career spotlights
Conversations with seasoned Chiefs of Staff, senior EAs and founders on what actually works inside the executive office.
Quarterly · Bengaluru & Auckland
Networking evenings across both hubs
In-person gatherings for community members to build lasting peer relationships across technology, biotech and startups.
Recurring session calendar
Full Discourse scheduleUpcoming · 28 Nov 2026Roundtable
Chiefs of Staff and AI workflows
Bengaluru · Speaker: Shweta Malekar
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Upcoming · 11 Dec 2026Fireside chat
What founders actually need from the executive office
Auckland · Speaker: Geetika S Nongthomba
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Upcoming · 23 Jan 2027Career spotlight
From EA to Chief of Staff: a career spotlight
Online · Guest speaker TBC
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Past session · 16 Oct 2026Workshop
Building a founder's operating rhythm
Bengaluru · Geetika S Nongthomba
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Past session · 19 Sept 2026Networking evening
Executive office networking evening
Bengaluru
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Venue & gathering partnerships · Bengaluru & AucklandDetails TBC
Spaces for operator gatherings
Looking to host a roundtable, book a space or partner with COvia for an executive office gathering in Bengaluru or Auckland? Tell us what you are planning and our team will share availability and format options.
Annual gathering · Waitlist open
Annual EA and Founder's Office Summit
A yearly gathering for the people who run the executive office. Waitlist open now. Community members receive early notification when dates, city and programme tracks are announced.
From the co-founder's desk · Weekly on LinkedIn
Why we built the room — and why I write The EA Edge.
Shweta Malekar · Co-founder, COvia · 15+ years at Google, Citi, Credit Suisse, Nomura & DuPont
Across fifteen years supporting C-suite leaders, the hardest problems in the executive office were never in a textbook: how to protect a founder's focus during a crisis, how to bring structure to ambiguity, and how to advocate for your own strategic trajectory.
Today, AI tools can draft summaries and sort schedules in seconds — which makes human judgement, anticipation and trust more valuable than ever. Both The EA Edge and the Gated Operator Community exist so ambitious operators never have to figure out that next level alone.
Founding cohort · 18 of 50 seats filled
Step into the operator community.
Request your invitation on Discord to join practising Executive Assistants, Chiefs of Staff and Founder's Office leads across Bengaluru, Auckland and beyond.