New director joins translation agency

Oct. 7, 2011 - PRLog -- Translation agency, Lingo24, is thrilled to announce the appointment of a new director.

Mark Slobbe has been added to the board as Director of Americas alongside Managing Director, Christian Arno, and Operations Director, Jack Waley-Cohen.

Mark joins following a 10-year history in the market research sector, more notably with global industry giants, Survey Sampling International (SSI), where he was first introduced to the Lingo team.

He’ll be working closely with the Lingo24 Americas team in Panama to strengthen global operations, forge new relationships and to mark Lingo24 as a major player in North America.

Mark says: "I'm thrilled to join Lingo24 and to work closely with Christian and Jack. I’ve worked with Lingo24 for about 8 years and I’ve always enjoyed it because of its people and culture. I'm honoured and proud to become part of the group of people and culture which make it such a great company to work for.

“I really foresee that Lingo24 can grow a lot over the next year, particularly in the North America area.”

Mark is the first new director to be appointed in eight years of Lingo24’s 10-year history.

Managing Director, Christian Arno, said: “Mark really understands how we operate, and how important our culture is to Lingo's success. It's an understatement to say I'm delighted he's joining Lingo. He will bring energy, fun and incisiveness to our company.

“We've now got a strong foundation for bigger and ever more exciting developments in the years to come."

Mark will spend his first couple of months travelling between Lingo’s European and Panamanian offices where he’ll get to know the people first-hand. Thereafter he’ll be based in the New York City metro area.

Mark Slobbe's on-the-ground presence in the USA will be supported by the appointment of our Head of Foreign Language Internet Marketing (FLIM), Matt Jackson, based in Boston. The recruitment of two senior staff members based in the USA is a key part of Lingo24's strategy to build brand presence in the USA and offer increased high-level customer support to clients in the Americas.



About Lingo24

Lingo24 is a fast-growing and internationally-respected global translation company, based in the UK. Using a network of over 4,000 mother-tongue translators, Lingo24 covers all major – and many minor – language combinations.

As well as translation, Lingo24 also provide a pioneering new service known as Foreign Language Internet Marketing which has been covered by both the BBC and Mashable.

The company’s headquarters in Edinburgh supports hubs in London and Romania, servicing Europe; in Panama and San Francisco for the Americas; and in the Philippines and New Zealand for Asia and Australasia.

Operating in multiple time-zones, Lingo24 provides a genuine round-the-clock service, and in fact was the first translation company to do so. Its cutting-edge proprietary translation technology, Heart, makes it simple for companies to integrate translation into their content management processes.

Lingo24 was founded by Christian Arno in 2001, from his parents’ home in Aberdeen, Scotland. The company has grown significantly over the past ten years and now has some of the world’s biggest blue-chip enterprises in its client portfolio, with 2011 turnover reaching £6m ($9m USD).

Follow Christian Arno and Lingo24 on Twitter: @L24ca / @Lingo24.

For more information/quotes please contact:
Helen Storey
Communications Executive
Lingo24
e. helen.storey@lingo24.com
t. +44(0)207 199 6170
f. +44(0)870 120 9814
UK site: http://www.lingo24.com
US site: http://usa.lingo24.com