Career / Experience

Interpreter, translator (English, French, Russian, Turkish → Dutch (native))
Court-certified at the Court of First Instance (The Hague, Netherlands)
Member of the Dutch Society of Translators and Interpreters (www.ngtv.nl) and the
Belgian Chamber of Translators, Interpreters and Philologists (www.translators.be)
Specialisation: finance, marketing, other business & administration

EDUCATION

2006 - 2007 University of Ankara, Turkey
Academic degree Turkish Language (one year full-time)

2002 – 2006 Erasmus Hogeschool, Brussels, Belgium.
Master of Arts in Applied Linguistics (English & French interpreting) obtained with ‘distinction’

2002 - 2005 ITV College of Higher Education, Utrecht, Netherlands.
Bachelor of Communication in Russian Interpreting.

2002 - 2007 ITV College of Higher Education, Utrecht, Netherlands.
Bachelor of Arts in French translation.

2000 - 2003 LOI College of Higher Education, Leiderdorp, Netherlands.
Bachelor of Arts in English Translation.

1989 – 1990
Institut d’études politiques de Paris (Sciences Po), France.
D.E.A. in Soviet and East European Studies.
A D.E.A. (diplôme d’études approfondies) is a French postgraduate degree.
Obtained with “mention: lauréat du cycle”, the highest performance ranking.

1982 – 1987
Twente University of Technology, Enschede, Netherlands.
Master of Sciences in Business Economics and Finance with first degree in engineering.
Was awarded scholarship by the French Government on basis of results.

ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL TRAINING

1997 – present EBRD with the London School of Economics, the Dundee University Centre for Petroleum and Mineral Law & Policy, and Imperial College (London).
Certificates in 'Investing Equity in Emerging Markets', 'Financial Structuring and Forecasting', 'Mining Project Evaluation', 'Advanced Credit Analysis', 'Fiscal Analysis for Petroleum Contracts', 'Systematic & Advanced Financial Modelling', 'Financing International Energy Projects', 'Project Finance', 'Basic Petroleum Economics'.

1999 - present Association for Investment Management and Research (AIMR).
Candidate in the Chartered Financial Analyst Programme.

1991 Occidental College, Los Angeles/New York, USA.
Certificate in International Trade & Finance.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2000 – present Free-lance interpreter and translator
Translate annual reports as well as presentation material and press releases on business related topics (average 45,000 words translated per month). Clients include various Western European translation agencies and banks.
Interpret in the areas of business, administration and international relations.

European Bank for Reconstruction & Development (London, Ashgabat).
2005 – 2006 Principal Banker, Russia and Central Asia Team
Originated, structured and negotiated financial transactions in the CIS.
2003 – 2004 Principal banker, Natural Resources Team.
Originated, structured and negotiated financial transactions in the area of oil, gas and mining.
1997 - 2002 Resident Representative.
Established and managed the Resident Office in Turkmenistan (10 persons) with a project portfolio of US$150m.

1994 – 1997 Commission of the European Union( through GFA-IMC/Carl Bro Engineering & Consulting (Hamburg, Ashgabat)).
Team Leader, Co-ordinating Unit of the EU Programme for Technical Assistance to the Commonwealth of Independent States (Project Manager 1994-1995).
Responsible for supervision of the technical assistance team (30 experts and local staff) and for the local co-ordination of the programme and projects.

1990 - 1994 United Nations Headquarters (New York).
Finance Officer, Office of Programme Planning, Budget & Finance.
Recruited through the 1989 national competitive examinations
Estimated, monitored and evaluated the programme and budgetary record of the United Nations in various sectors of operation.

1988 - 1989 Royal Dutch Army (Netherlands, Germany).

1986 - 1987 Morgan Guaranty Bank (Amsterdam).
Information Systems Liaison Officer.
As a member of the project team examined the feasibility of improvements to the information system for processing bond and securities transactions.

HOBBIES

Sports: Hockey and tennis;
Other: Iznik tiles, Persian paintings of the abbasid period, bukhara carpets;
Member of the Dutch European Movement.

   Certification / Accreditation

English > Dutch

Court-certified at the Court of First Instance (The Hague, Netherlands)

Member of the Dutch Society of Translators and Interpreters (www.ngtv.nl) and the
Belgian Chamber of Translators, Interpreters and Philologists (www.translators.be)