Our language services journey

Andrew founded Global Lingo in 2006, in London. With previous industry experience, Andrew wanted to create a new kind of language service provider focusing more on service and quality. With his entrepreneur’s vision and a small team, Andrew grew the business into what it is today, with 6 global offices and over 100 employees. His main role is Chairman of the Board.

Karl joined Global Lingo in 2011 as a bookkeeper, tasked with establishing the company internal finance function. Since then, Karl has played a very significant role in developing systems and processes at Global Lingo, as well as leading the expansion of our global presence. Currently based in the Chicago office, Karl is responsible for creating and executing the company vision and strategy through the leadership of the senior management team.

Mara joined Global Lingo in February 2015. Mara runs and continuously develops the EMEA operational platform, comprising the company’s three largest Operations sites, and heads the global Resourcing & QA department. Mara is also responsible for the administration, improvement and management of the company’s global quality assurance programs and the ISO 9001 Quality Management System (QMS).

Adam joined Global Lingo in 2018 and has over ten years of sales experience in the localisation industry. After starting at Global Lingo in Business Development, he now oversees the entire sales team. Adam has overseen client relationships across Europe and the Middle East to help drive growth in the region.

Adeline has over a decade of experience in the language services industry, having worked for several large localisation companies in Singapore. Adeline is adept to managing complex multilingual projects and has a strong interest in learning new concepts and staying current on industry trends and technological advances. She is now in charge of overall service delivery for all APAC projects, in addition to team management, and serves as the final escalation point for issues, feedback, and complaints. She also collaborates with other Regional Ops Managers to help drive the Operations Department’s activities within the region in accordance with the global operations strategy.

Josh joined Global Lingo at the end of 2021 after 5 years at another Language Service Provider and took responsibility for all of Global Lingo’s Technology. Based in London, Josh directly oversees Global Lingo’s support and development teams as well as coordinating group-wide, continuous reviewal of processes. Josh has a strong passion for technology, its uses in the industry and ensuring that every region has access to the same level of resources and information.

Frosso joined Global Lingo in 2018 after spending 8 years working in Operations in other Language Service Providers. With her strengths lying in Project Management in the highly regulated Financial Services, account management, process development and a personal passion in people and team development she now leads the People Operations Function for Global Lingo. Focussing on coaching, staff development, helping the company navigate management and structural changes as well as establishing Global Lingo’s internal learning hub.

Mike joined Global Lingo in 2023 after spending the past 23 years working at several global localisation providers, both in operations and sales / account management. Mike leads the global account management team and takes direct accountability for some of Global Lingo’s largest and most strategic clients. Based in Ireland, Mike divides his time between his home office and Global Lingo’s HQ in London.