Meet the team

Rebecca joined Wessex Translations as a Project Manager in 2006, later moving into the Production team to help coordinate the office workload and offer support to our newer colleagues.

Rebecca spends most of her time managing multi-language translation projects for our clients in the technical and manufacturing sectors, as well as several EU institutions. She also dedicates time to working towards our ISO accreditation and has helped to arrange CPD training for the Wessex team to ensure we keep our skills in tip-top shape.

Having grown up in Belgium, Rebecca is our resident expert in Flemish and also speaks English and French. If that wasn’t impressive enough, she has also been learning Finnish!

In her spare time, Rebecca enjoys spending time out and about with her family, tending her allotment and meeting friends for cheese and wine.

Emily joined Wessex in 2015 through our annual internship programme and soon became a highly valued member of the team, taking quickly to both language revision and project management work.

Now an experienced member of the team, Emily manages a wide variety of translation projects, including highly specialised multi-language projects for our medical and technical clients all over the world. She is also the main contact for many of our German-speaking clients across Europe. German isn’t Emily’s only language though – she is a talented linguist and revises German, French and Spanish translations.

In her role as Production Manager, Emily is also responsible for supporting, mentoring and training our new team members.

When she isn’t working, Emily is an avid reader and theatregoer and also enjoys travelling, crafting, baking and gardening.

Anne-Marie joined the Wessex team in 2014 as an intern before moving to the Project Management team.

Anne-Marie manages some of our most specialised translation projects, including lengthy technical manuals for our clients in the manufacturing industry. A skilled linguist, she regularly carries out thorough revisions of translations in Spanish and French.

With her eye for detail, Anne-Marie also dedicates time to maintaining our Quality Management System and working towards our ISO accreditation.

Outside of Wessex Anne-Marie works as a freelance translator and reviser, and when she does find some free time she likes to play the piano and go to the theatre.

Ellen joined Wessex in 2013, first as an intern and then as a project manager, spending the majority of her time managing and revising medical and technical translation projects.

Since then, Ellen has joined our Production team and currently focusses her time on fine-tuning our new project management system and developing our website, social media and marketing. She also tries to find as much time as possible to flex her linguistic muscles and revise French and Spanish translations!

Ellen loves to stay in touch with the translation and interpreting community, so you’ll sometimes find her milling around at conferences and trade exhibitions.

Outside of Wessex, Ellen works as a freelance translator and reviser, but also dedicates a lot of time to knitting, sewing and travelling.

Delphine joined the Wessex Translations Quality Control team in 1996.

As a French native speaker, she focussed on managing and revising a wide range of translation projects from English into French.

Delphine still coordinates and revises French translation projects, although now from Wessex’s French office, which she set up in 1997 and has managed ever since.

In her role as French Office Manager, Delphine is the main point of contact for our existing French client base, while also attending trade shows and liaising with potential new clients.

Although based across the Channel, Delphine is an integral part of the Wessex team, and luckily enjoys the English sense of humour! In her spare time, Delphine is a keen swimmer and also enjoys spending time with her family and friends and decorating her home.

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After completing a two-week work placement in 2008, Hannah stayed on to join the Wessex team as an intern and then as a project manager.

More recently, Hannah has joined our DTP team and concentrates on typesetting and website localisation, mostly in the technical and manufacturing sectors. She also dedicates time to improving the company website and contributing to our social media content and blog.

You can also find Hannah writing our bids for public and private sector tenders and attending supplier engagement events to secure Wessex future work.

Outside of the office, Hannah enjoys gardening and exploring the New Forest, whether by path or mountain bike trail. She also likes to try out new crafts, although her crochet hook is never too far from reach!

David joined the team in early 2023 following many years working as a freelance translator from Spanish and French into English. Now part of our Project Management and Quality Control Coordination team, David spends his time managing multi-language technical website update projects and reviewing technical manual translations in French and Spanish. He is also learning about typesetting and is involved in managing all steps in the lifecycle of translated brochures and catalogues going to print.

David keeps himself mentally and physically active in his spare time with creative writing, reading, running and boxing!

Amy joined the Wessex team in 2018 through our internship programme and now works as a Project and Artwork Manager on our DTP team.

As a member of our in-house DTP team, Amy project manages and typesets translations so that they are ready to go to print. While she works predominantly on sales documents, she also deals with technical user manuals and has a particular interest in medical translation.

Amy is also responsible for meticulously checking Spanish and French translations, often consisting of advertising material for some of our largest clients.

A busy bee both at work and at home, outside of Wessex Amy can be found nature walking, baking or knitting. She is also learning Italian as her fourth language!

Imogen joined the Wessex Translations team during lockdown in 2021 as an intern, working remotely and learning about the many different aspects of our work. After completing her internship, she joined the Wessex team (now in-house!) as a Project/Quality Control Coordinator.

Imogen has been learning from our in-house DTP experts, and now focusses on projects that involve typesetting, including technical manuals and marketing brochures.

Having lived in the French countryside during much of her childhood, Imogen is a keen linguist and speaks French and Spanish as well as her native English.

In her spare time Imogen enters dressage and show jumping competitions with her horse, Pinocchio.

Eva joined the Wessex team in 2008, initially focussing on quality control as well as co-managing translation projects for the European Parliament.

Following a sharp rise in interpreting requirements, Eva took on the role of Interpreting Manager in 2011, arranging interpreters for both public and private sector requirements such as court hearings, social services and business meetings as well as simultaneous interpreting at conferences.

Nowadays, Eva splits her time equally between translation and interpreting projects and enjoys balancing the urgent and dynamic nature of interpreting assignments with the careful, meticulous planning of translation projects.

In her spare time, Eva enjoys listening to music and has a soft spot for J.S. Bach, Puccini and Beverley Knight – catching live concerts and operatic performances whenever she can. Eva also loves to spend time reading contemporary Czech literature in her native language.

Jonathan joined the business in 1984, becoming one of the company’s Directors in 1988.

Jonathan oversees all areas of the company and has built a close rapport with our clients in his native Switzerland. With Swiss-German as his native language, Jonathan can often be heard speaking his mother tongue to our Swiss-German clients, or anyone who's willing to listen.

Jonathan enjoys managing complex translation projects, with a particular interest in website localisation, and has a colourful personality which keeps the rest of the team entertained.

Outside of Wessex, Jonathan enjoys music, gardening, cooking and spending time in the countryside.

Rose joined Wessex in 2022 as a Project/Quality Control Coordinator and has quickly become an expert reviser of technical and legal translation projects for our clients in specialised industries, focusing in particular on French and Spanish language projects. She spends time managing multi-language technical glossaries to help ensure our clients receive the highest quality translations.

Outside of Wessex, Rose has worked hard to obtain her Master’s in Conference Interpreting and is now an accredited interpreter at the European Union. To keep her skills fresh, Rose is dedicated to keeping up to date with industry news and practising her language skills.

When not hard at work, Rose enjoys a good brain-teaser puzzle and dabbling in crafts.

Steve joined Wessex’s Accounts team in 2011 and is now our principal in-house Accountant. He has extensive accounting experience having worked in various forms of accountancy since 1985.

He is a crucial cog in the Wessex Translations machine, being responsible for prompt submission of invoices to clients as well as timely payments to our freelance translators. This is something he knows our clients and providers appreciate and is something he and the rest of the Wessex team are very proud of. Steve is also our go-to person for all queries about money matters.

Outside of Wessex, Steve is a motorcycle enthusiast and has toured the UK and Europe with various motorcycle clubs. Steve also enjoys football, and despite having hung up his own goalie gloves, remains a keen football follower.

Daniel joined Wessex Translations in 2005 and has since spent time working in both the Quality Control and Project Management teams.

Nowadays, Daniel heads up the Production team and coordinates some of our most complex and time-sensitive translation projects, many of which are for our French client base. He specialises in finding solutions to software and workflow‑related challenges in order to ensure that clients can receive their translations in the format required while meeting their tight deadlines.

An enthusiastic linguist, Daniel still enjoys revising translations from French and Spanish into English and learning about the many industries in which our clients work.

Outside the office, Daniel can often be found on a long-distance hike along the south coast. He also enjoys music, the theatre and following baseball, cricket and football.

Paul bought into Wessex Translations in 1982 and since then he has helped the company to grow steadily and built long-lasting relationships with a number of global organisations and big-name brands.

With his background in sales and marketing, Paul concentrates on business development, as well as bidding for public and private sector tenders. Although in the minority as a non-linguist, Paul enjoys contributing wherever he can to the life of the firm and putting his many years of experience in the industry to good use.

Now part time, Paul enjoys many hobbies including country sports, the local church, and his work as a governor of the local school. He also dedicates time to supporting NGOs in the Middle East peace process, through the sale of his paintings.

Robin joined the business in 1998, initially to offer technical and typesetting support, then becoming a Director in 2005.

Robin oversees all areas of the company and has a passion for client and supplier engagement. You can often hear him on the phone to our oldest contacts with whom he has developed a close business relationship spanning decades.

He enjoys managing complex translation projects and approaches all work with a positive and ambitious attitude that rubs off on the rest of the team.

Outside of Wessex, Robin enjoys time with his family and recently dabbled in unicycling. He is even known to have won the odd baking competition.

Chitika joined the Quality Control team at Wessex in 2022, returning to the world of translation after working for many years in the sports retail sector.

With her previous experience as a technical translator of German and Italian into English, Chitika enjoys revising translations of mechanical texts and learning new terms and how things work in the process! She is also responsible for ensuring strict adherence to glossaries and style guides for our clients, including the European Institutions.

Outside of Wessex, Chitika is a keen birdwatcher and is currently learning how to identify the large variety of bird calls we can hear here in the UK countryside.