Career

• April 2003 - present Freelance interpreter. Focus facility & telephone moderating – depth interviews and focus groups. Focus facility interpreting – mostly Paris & Lyon - & telephone interpreting (French into English), IDIs and groups. Transcriptions of IDIs from French into English.

• June 2001 – November 2003 Associate Director at Double Helix Development. Responsibilities included developing business in the US and France by attending industry conferences and active direct networking, as well as planning and managing qualitative primary research projects, ranging from market potential analysis, target audience profiling, promotional message testing, product positioning to ad tracking.

• June 2001 – September 1999 Project manager at Double Helix Development. Responsibilities included liaising with clients and freelancers, winning business, writing proposals, project management of all aspects of study.

• 1998 – 1997 Senior executive at Pharma Strategy Group, IMS. Responsibilities included the management of qualitative and quantitative projects, report writing, presentation of study findings, interviewing, moderating.

• 1996 – 1997 Research executive. Responsibilities included extensive depth face to face interviewing and group moderating in the UK, France & Spain, analysis of qualitative research.

• 1992 – 1995 International Medical Interviewer for Martin Hamblin, carrying out telephone interviews with French and Spanish healthcare specialists. Translation of fieldwork materials & findings.

Education and academic activities

• 2011 University of Northampton
Diploma in Public Service Interpreting, health

• 1997 University of Westminster
DipTrans French into English

• 1994 Weston-Super-Mare College
“A” Level French Grade A
“A” Level Spanish Grade A

• 1988 Lyée Evariste Gallois, Sartrouville
French Baccalauréat in economics (Terminale B)