Here’s a non-exhaustive list of the VIPs and VVIPs I had a chance to interpret for in the course of my long career as a conference interpreter. The list includes two American presidents, three Brazilian presidents, several world leaders, scientists and pop stars. You can also review the most relevant missions I have been on and the highlights of my interpreting career.
Mr. Barack Obama, President of the United States
Mr. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President of Brazil
Mr. George W. Bush, former U.S. President
His Holiness, Mr. Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
Mr. Felipe Calderon, President of Mexico
Mr. Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada
Mr. Kevin Rudd, Prime Minister of Australia
Mrs. Dilma Roussef, President of Brazil
Mr. Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India
Mrs. Michaëlle Jean, Governor-General of Canada
Mr. Paul Martin, former Prime Minister of Canada
HRH, Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, UK
Mr. Michel Temer, President of Brazil
Mr. David Dodge, Governor of the Bank of Canada
Mr. Pentti Arajärvi, MP, former Ministry of Education, Finland
Mr. Mick Hucknall, pop singer and songwriter
Mrs. Alanis Morissette, pop singer and songwriter
Dr. Luc Montagnier, 2008 Medicine Nobel Prize Laureate
Sen. Marina Silva, presidential hopeful, Brazil
Mr. Fernando Lugo, President of Paraguay
Mrs. Cristina Kirchner, President of Argentina
Mr. José Zapatero, President of Spain
Mrs. Gro Harlem Bruntland, then Prime Minister of Norway
Mr. Fernando Henrique Cardoso, President of Brazil