Our Office Team

We believe that good teamwork is essential for providing consistently reliable, high-quality translations and for sound project management. We've made a conscious decision to stick with and invest in our "real" office as it provides a constant learning environment for both new and experienced staff and helps foster the good teamwork needed to provide you with a superior service!

Meet the team:

	Sales - Marina Johnson Marina studied German, French and Dutch at the University of Hull. She then spent two years abroad in Linz and Lausanne teaching English to school age students. After seven years of working in television production she wanted to do something with her languages again. When she isn't at AST drumming up new business, she's kept busy by her young daughter!
	Project Manager - Ellie Curtis Ellie studied French and German with European studies at the University of Bath. After spending a year studying in Strasbourg and Konstanz, she graduated in 2010 and joined AST as a Project Manager in March 2011.
	Project Manager - Alexandra Ward Alexandra graduated from the University of Sheffield in 2008 with a 2.1 in German and Music. After working in an ambassadorial role in Osnabrück, Germany, Alexandra returned to the UK to work as a German language specialist for a leading Facilities Management company. She joined AST as a Project Manager in April 2011.
	Accounts Executive - Jan Carrington Jan is our longest-serving member of staff and brings many years of experience in accounts administration. She's responsible for issuing client invoices, paying our translators and the general running of our accounts department.
	Staff Translator - Peter Robbins Peter studied French & German at Oxford University. Following a spell in France as an English Language Teaching Assistant, he joined us in May 2008 as a translator for German & French to English.
	Staff Translator - Lindsay Irish Lindsay has a first class BA Modern Languages degree from the University of Sheffield, where she studied French, German, Swedish and Luxembourg Studies. After spending some time studying in Sweden and successfully completing an MA Translation Studies degree at the University of Birmingham, she joined our translation team in October 2009.
	Translation consultant and proofreader - Ulrich Guettinger In the early 1970s, Ulrich, who is a German speaker, moved from Switzerland to London where he completed his studies with a First Class Honours Degree in French. He joined D.F. Long & Co (Translations) Ltd in 1981 and later bought the company. He now works as a translation consultant and specialises in the revision of French and German financial translations.

For brief biographical details about the Company's two Directors please refer to our Senior Management page.