Key personnel from the company profile. Additional accredited interpreters are rostered by language pair and sector.
BA Sociology & Social Work (Ambo University); MA Project Management. Over ten years in transcription, translation and project management. Field coordinator and supervisor for Water Land and Resources Center, Center of Excellence International Consult, and VERITAS Consultancy. Managed health, education and livelihood surveys with UNICEF, World Bank and GIZ. Skilled in qualitative data collection, analysis and team leadership.
BA Business Administration & Information Systems (University of Poitiers); Professional Interpretation Certification Level A; DELF-DALF C2. Six+ years as a trilingual interpreter (French, English, Amharic) and translator. Canal+ Ethiopia, Ethiopian Airlines, UNECA, IGAD, UNDP, UNICEF. Simultaneous, consecutive and whispered interpretation for AU summits and UN consultations. Microsoft Office and SDL Trados.
Bachelor’s in Applied Physics (University of Sciences of Languedoc Roussillon, Montpellier). Freelance translator and interpreter since 2017 (French, Amharic, English). PSITS General Business PLC and ETHIOSTAR Translation and Localization PLC. Former French teacher at Alliance Ethio-Française (2012–2017). Interpreted for ICRC, Africa CDC, AU–French Embassy Chamber of Commerce and Pan African Chamber of Commerce. 100+ translations completed.
PhD Christian Leadership and Management; certified interpreter and translator; DELF 1 & 2 and DALF. Fluent in Portuguese, French and English. Over 20 years of experience, including 15+ years freelance in Ethiopia and internationally. IGAD, AU, OPDAD, AFENET, Africa CDC, UNDP, CISSA. Conferences in Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, Rwanda and Tanzania.
BSc Accounting (Admas University); Cambridge International Curriculum (Maputo). Fluent English and Portuguese; conversational Amharic and Tigrigna. Ten+ years with AU, UNECA, World Bank, Brazilian Embassy, Save the Children AU, UN Women and OAFLAD. Consecutive, sight translation and remote simultaneous interpretation. Recent work includes Brazilian Embassy B2B Seminar (2026), OAFLAD (2026) and World Bank PTISTS (2026).
BA Business Management; Associate of Arts in Tourism; Diploma in English (YALI–US Embassy, Yemen). Arabic (native), English C1, French B2, Amharic A2. Seven+ years. Freelance simultaneous interpreter with PSITS and Horizontico since 2022. Previously translator and interpreter with UNHCR Ethiopia (2019–2022): consecutive interpretation, translation, subtitles and cultural mediation.
Accredited interpreters and translators with conference experience can apply for project-based assignments.
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