Educational qualifications

• University of Oxford
  – BA Hons (I) German and Russian
  – MA
• University of Bradford
  Postgraduate diploma in translating and interpreting
• UK Chartered Institute of Bankers
  Diploma (8 subjects)
• Dutch Language Union
  Certificate – Dutch as a foreign language (advanced level)

 

 

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Professional experience

Freelance translator since 1996

Full member of:

• NGTV (Netherlands Society of Interpreters and Translators)
• SENSE (Society of English-language professionals in the Netherlands)
• SVVT (Women Translators and Interpreters Network)

 

Registered in the:

• Dutch Register of Sworn Interpreters and Translators for Dutch and German into English (registration number: 136)

 

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Banking career

ABN AMRO Bank N.V. (1990 – 1995)

• Account Manager
  Corporate Clients, Haarlem
• Assistant Global Relationship Manager
  UK Global Clients, Amsterdam

 

National Westminster Bank PLC (1985 – 1990)

• Assistant Representative Netherlands
  Representative Office, ‘s-Hertogenbosch
• Assistant Manager
  National Westminster Finance B.V., Amsterdam
• Marketing Officer – Shipping Unit, Corporate Financial Services, London
• Graduate trainee, London