Sylvia Smith

Sylvia Smith, MBA

Founding partner, financial translator and copywriter

Education:

• MBA with distinction (top 10%), London Business School, 2003
• International Management Exchange Program, Bocconi University, Milan, 2002
• B.S. Chemical Engineering, summa cum laude (top 5%), Texas A&M University, 1997

Background:

Sylvia started her career as an environmental engineering consultant in the US, before moving to London in 2001 to obtain an MBA degree. She then worked as a business consultant in France (for companies such as Electrolux and Rhodia), and saw a gap in the market for English mother tongue translators with a firm understanding of the latest management and financial concepts – the very things she learned in business school. Therefore, drawing from her knowledge of corporate finance, accounting, and financial markets, she started a successful freelance translation business in 2004. In 2010 she joined forces with two business partners, Sandra Fratelli and Sara Freitas-Maltaverne, to found SFM Traduction SARL.

Sylvia belongs to the following professional organizations:

• UK Institute of Translation and Interpreting
• La Société française des traducteurs (trade union for professional translators in France)
• Le Club des Entrepreneurs du 9ème arrondissement de Paris (entrepreneurs club for the 9th arrondissement of Paris)

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