I graduated as a TEFL teacher and Translator. My areas of expertise are Business, Finance & Banking, Marketing, Insurance, Economics, Statistics, Audits, CVs, Official Documents, Legal, Steel Construction, Railway & Maintenance, Health, Sustainability, Religion and Computing.

I worked from 1998 to 2001 for HSBC's Head Office in Brazil as a free-lance translator and private teacher. I have translated texts related to Insurance, Finance & Banking, Legal, Business in general, Executive Committee meetings, Productivity reports and other confidential documents. I have also worked for ASCOM (Steel Construction Agency) as a free-lance translator. I have translated many texts related to environmental-friendly construction. I have also worked for SoftMarketing in texts related to Marketing and Customer Satisfaction Surveys. I have worked on many projects for some translation companies in different areas of expertise.

I worked in the Financial Industry (Forex Distribution Centre) and lived in the UK from August 2001 to December 2007.

I am perfectly bilingual in English (UK) and Portuguese (Brazilian) having lived in both countries, which assists with the localization in both languages. In 2013 and 2014, I worked in Kenya as a Business Consultant/Translator/Interpreter at Rift Valley Railways on two projects. Permanent Way Maintenance from May to December 2013 & Tamping Machine and Ballast Regulator Training from June to December 2014.

I set up my own translation company, Punchard Traduções e Assessoria Ltda., in November 2008 for the B2B market. I have also worked as a simultaneous translator in verious events and worked transcribing conference calls on IR quarterly results in the banking sector, specifically the Q&A session from English into Brazilian Portuguese. I am also an investor on B3, the Brazilian Stock Market. My full profile is on LinkedIn under John Derek Punchard.