Insurance & Care NSW’s Larissa Auditore has been named executive assistant of the year by CEO Magazine.

Ms Auditore is Executive Assistant to CEO and MD Vivek Bhatia, a fellow finalist at the awards in Sydney last week.

She has spent more than 16 years as an executive assistant and personal assistant in the insurance and legal professions, including at Zurich and Suncorp.

Ms Auditore established and chairs the Sydney Executive PA Xchange, a non-commercial group for professional development and mentoring.

She also established the Insurance & Care NSW executive assistant network.