UKCISA Fest 2022

Anne Marie joined UKCISA in 2019 from the Association of Commonwealth Universities, where she was Director of Chevening, the Foreign & Commonwealth Office’s flagship global scholarship scheme.

Prior to that, Anne Marie has led on a range of educational programmes and projects promoting international mobility and intercultural exchange. At Universities UK International, she developed the first government-funded UK Strategy for Outward Mobility, and established the Go International programme to build capacity and influence institutional change in UK universities to increase the proportion of UK-domiciled students with international experience.

At the National Centre for Languages, she directed the development of new National Occupational Standards in Translation and Interpreting in conjunction with language service practitioners and employers, and led on the National Networks for Translation and Interpreting for the Routes into Languages programme. Before moving into the education sector, Anne Marie spent several years in the language services industry managing high profile accounts with multinational engineering and pharmaceutical companies.

Anne Marie is a linguist, with a first degree in Modern Languages from Anglia Ruskin University and a postgraduate translation qualification from University of Westminster. She continues to support the professional standards in the language professions and is a member of the Qualifications and Standards Committee of the National Register of Public Service Interpreters.