Andrew Smart
Co-Founder of Slator. Financier, entrepreneur, commercial director. Building businesses one new client at a time.
UK language industry representatives step up lobbying efforts, aiming to mitigate potential impact of Brexit, which threatens to disrupt UK LSPs' access to qualified linguists in-country. Continue reading
The drivers of growth in Asia’s language industry came into focus as Slator hosted its inaugural SlatorMeet in Hong Kong on October 11th, 2018. Continue reading
TransPerfect wasted no time in moving its corporate domicile from Delaware to Nevada once the deadline for Co-founder Liz Elting to file a final appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court had passed on... Continue reading
In the first half of its 2018 financial year, RWS posts revenues of GBP 139.6m and a pre-tax profit of GBP 28.6m. While acquisitions drive revenue growth, the core patent translation business... Continue reading
Slator launches the 2018 Slator Language Service Provider Index (LSPI). The index comprises the largest language service providers worldwide with aggregate 2017 revenue of USD 4.7 billion derived... Continue reading
The Delaware court has approved the sale of TransPerfect shares to Phil Shawe and ruled that Liz Elting’s objections are without merit. Shawe will pay USD 770m, over 10 times EBITDA. Elting to... Continue reading
TransPerfect co-CEO Liz Elting is pushing the Delaware court to reject the sale of her shares to her co-founder Phil Shawe, claiming the custodian’s abuse of discretion and Shawe’s misconduct.... Continue reading
At SlatorCon New York, Frontenac Managing Director Ron Kuehl discussed why private equity is interested in the language services industry and their CEO1ST approach to investing. Continue reading
At SlatorCon New York, embattled TransPerfect Co-CEO Phil Shawe shares why early technology investment paid off and how to build a sales organization where no one has to push people to make them... Continue reading
At SlatorCon New York, Kevin Giblin, Chief Procurement Officer, Dun & Bradstreet, the importance of building strategic supplier relationships that add value to the business and why Procurement... Continue reading
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