Interpreting Division

Eleni Markou was born in Greece. She obtained her BA from the University of Athens, and both her MPhil on “The Development and regulation of the Greek pharmaceutical industry” and PhD on “Television broadcasting in single European market” were obtained in the UK.
She has been working as a freelance translator and interpreter for over 30 years whilst also teaching Greek as a foreign language in multiple organisations and institutions. In 2000, she started her own business, which has now collaborated with over 150 different clients in both the private and public sector, ranging from SMEs to multinational corporations.
She is the course leader for the English into Greek module for the MSc in Translation at UCL and is the lecturer of the Greek undergraduate and postgraduate modules in interpreting at the University of Surrey. She is currently the Chief Examiner for the Diploma in Translation of the Chartered Institute of Linguists and has served three terms as a Member of the Council of the Institute of Translation and Interpreting. Lena is also cooperating with a number of HE institutions throughout the country as external examiner and linguistic advisor.
Eleni Markou became a Chartered Linguist and Fellow of CIOL in 2020 and holds an ISO 17100:2015. She was co-opted joined to the ID Steering Group in December 2019.

Michael Wells is a freelance translator-interpreter and language trainer, working mainly with English and French. A native of Wimbledon, he studied at the University of Bristol and the Sorbonne in Paris. He spent 15 years in Paris as a translator-interpreter in international public affairs. In the early 1990s he moved into translation and localisation for a large technical documentation company, following at first-hand the development of CAT tools and machine translation. After an interlude in Lithuania and Russia, he moved to Brussels in 2000 to work as a translator, then administrator in international relations, for the European Union. He returned to London in 2006.

Maria-Teresa Grau is a Chartered Linguist working with English and Spanish. Teresa was born and brought up in Spain where she attended university and graduated in Modern Languages and Teaching. In order to further her language skills, she moved to the UK where she obtained other qualifications such as Dip ELIC (English Language for International Communication), DPSI (Health), DPSI (Law) and Diploma in Translation.
As part of her language career portfolio Teresa has worked interpreting, translating, proof-reading, editing and subtitling for private clients and public service providers since 1990. Her interest in practising standards and qualification has led her into various training/teaching roles (e.g. visiting lecturer, senior lecturer, project supervisor) with several institutions; amongst others: University of Westminster, London Metropolitan University and University of Alcalá (Madrid), where she continues to work in their Master’s Degree in Intercultural Communication and Public Service Interpreting and Translation since 2012.
Teresa has participated in various professional linguistic committees and panels since 1997. She joined the current Steering Group of the CIOL’s Interpreting Division as a member of its previous management committee in September 2014.