Sue Orchard
President & CEO
Sue Orchard is the President/CEO and founder of the company. Her professional life has been spent in International Sales and Marketing. Sue is a languages graduate in German and Russian, has a good knowledge of French and Spanish, and a working understanding of most European languages.
In order to keep up with industry trends, Sue is a member of several organisations, including the Chartered Institute of Linguists and the International Test Commission. She has a real passion for languages and loves the client-facing side of Comms work.
Sonia Sala
Managing Director
Sonia Sala is our Operations Director, with responsibility for ensuring that all our projects run smoothly. Sonia is a Spanish national, who has a Degree in Translation and Interpreting from the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona in Spain in English, Italian and Danish. She also has some knowledge of Portuguese and German.
Sonia is an excellent manager of people and really enjoys running the Operations Department. It is her job to ensure that projects run on time, to budget and to the satisfaction of our clients!
Graham Morris
Director
Graham Morris is a Director of Comms Multilingual and member of the management team. He has experience in IT, Finance, Sales, Support and Administration.
At Comms, Graham handles a variety of different areas, including business development, IT systems and security, finance and administration.
Steffie Danquigny
Business Development Director
Steffie comes from Lille, France. She speaks fluent English and Italian, some Dutch, and is currently learning Russian. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Foreign Languages applied to Business, and graduated from the University of Lille with a Master’s in Specialised Multilingual Translation.
She is passionate about managing translation projects that focus on psychometric content, and even wrote her final Master’s dissertation on the subject.
Iva Stefanova
Marketing Executive
Iva Stefanova comes from Bulgaria. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Advertising, PR and Media from Middlesex University in London.
Fluent in English and Bulgarian, and proficient in Macedonian and Russian, Iva is highly creative and passionate about marketing and global connections. Her keen eye for detail, and outgoing personality make her adept at building relationships. Always enthusiastic about new challenges, Iva’s dedication to precision in execution and her love for connecting with people define her professional approach.
Manda Patel
Administration Manager
Manda is a native Gujarati speaker, who has over 20 years of experience in office administration, a large part of which has been with Comms.
She handles all our Client and Supplier invoices and ensures that all our suppliers are paid in a timely manner.
Andreea Negoie
Vendor Coordinator
Andreea Negoie comes from Romania. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Medical Engineering and a master’s degree in Information Systems from the Polytechnic University of Bucharest. In 2020, right after Brexit, she moved to the UK, where she currently works as a Vendor Coordinator.
Andreea loves to travel and embraces challenges with enthusiasm. She is always eager to learn new things and improve her skills, welcoming anything that breaks the routine. Her dynamic and adaptable nature, combined with a passion for personal growth, drives her both professionally and personally.
Annalisa Di Nicola
Operations Manager
Annalisa Di Nicola comes from Sicily, Italy, where she graduated from the Advanced School for Translators and Interpreters. She also holds an MSc in Technical, Scientific, Audiovisual and Medical Translation from Imperial College, London.
She has lived and worked in Spain and France for extended periods of time before moving to the UK. She is an experienced subtitler and a language enthusiast with a genuine interest in and passion for translation, especially in the audiovisual field.
Laura Serantes
Senior Project Manager
Laura is a native speaker of Galician and Spanish. She also speaks English, Portuguese and can understand a little Korean. She holds a BA in Translation and Interpreting and an MA in Multimedia Translation from the University of Vigo (Spain), and her passion is subtitling and audiovisual translation in general.
Having visited South Korea twice, she is interested in all aspects of Korean culture and hopes to learn the language properly.
Monica Alegre
Project Manager
Monica comes from Valencia in Spain and is a native speaker of Catalan and Spanish. Holding a BA in Translation and Interpreting, she is fluent in English and German and has some knowledge of French.
She has lived in Germany and England for a few years and really enjoys working with languages. Psychology is one of her passions too and currently she combines her studies in this field with working at Comms.
Emma Vaughan
Project Coordinator
Emma is from the UK and holds a degree in French and Spanish from Durham University. Her studies included an enriching six months translating in Paris and three months teaching in Seville. She is currently completing her master’s degree in translation at Durham.
Emma’s interests include crafting – sewing, knitting, and crochet. She enjoys creating new clothes for holidays and has made several Halloween costumes. Emma also has experience working as a swimming coach since her school days. She is a versatile individual with a genuine passion for languages and translation.
Holly Wyatt
Project Coordinator
Holly is from the UK and has a bachelor’s degree in Spanish and Linguistics from the University of Leeds, with a particular interest in translation. As part of her degree, she spent her year abroad teaching in Seville. Having studied Ancient Greek, Holly intends to learn modern Greek in the near future.
She loves playing Pádel, a sport she picked up during her time in Spain. Holly also plays the drums, enjoys street dance, and has performed in a dance show in Seville.
Maitiú Rafferty
Project Coordinator
Maitiú is from Dublin, Ireland, and holds a bachelor’s degree in International Modern Languages from University College Dublin, where he studied Spanish, French, and beginners Italian. He later graduated with a master’s degree in Translation Studies from Dublin City University.
Maitiú has a strong interest in localization, ensuring that products and services are adapted to resonate with target markets and locales.
Yue Shi
Project Coordinator
Yue graduated from Aston University with a master’s degree in Translation for Business and from Shanghai International Studies University with a bachelor’s degree in English Translation and Interpreting. She has learned Japanese, French, Korean, and German, with her Japanese being the most fluent.
Yue has taken computer science courses and is skilled in Python, HTML, CSS, C++, and JavaScript. Passionate about IT, she is eager to expand her knowledge.
