I am a CELTA qualified English teacher, translator and interpreter with over 25 years’ experience working for companies in London, Madrid and Valencia. I specialise in Business English training for Spanish executives and translation.
I am passionate about Spain, its culture and its language, and I understand the problems facing Spanish executives when it comes to communicating effectively in my native language – English.
My career as a linguist started in the early 1990s when I worked as a personal assistant to the marketing director of a multinational firm based in Valencia. One of my main roles was to review the translation process for product packaging, resulting in my department becoming a European benchmark in this procedure. At the same time, I wrote many of the product managers’ presentations in English and ultimately trained them how to give their presentations in English, using role-play situations which I filmed and critiqued. I later went on to train as a translator and English teacher and have worked for many Spanish and multinational companies since in a professional capacity.
I have lived and worked in London, Madrid and Valencia. I am currently based in the Region of Valencia, in the Marina Alta area.