Curriculum Vitae

 

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Personal details

 

Name

Willemien Rijsdijk

Address

Wielweg 13, 3785 KP Zwartebroek, The Netherlands

E-mail address

wmrijsdijk@fluentinfinance.nl

Date of birth

22 July 1964

Education & qualifications

2008

Sworn in as English Translator at Utrecht District Court

2004 - 2007

Bachelor’s degree in English/Dutch Translation, ITV Institute of Higher Education for Interpreters and Translators, Utrecht

1992 - 1994

Post-academic course for Dutch Chartered Financial Analyst (VBA)

1982 - 1986

Bachelor’s degree in Economic Linguistics, School of Higher Economics, Rotterdam

1976 - 1982

Pre-university education (VWO), Capelle aan den IJssel

Other courses

2015

Workshop Punctuation, Teamwork

2015

Workshop Pensions, Teamwork

2014

Workshop Writing and translating press releases, Teamwork

2014

Workshop Culinary translations, Teamwork

2014

Workshop Investing 2.0 for financial translators (acting as speaker and workshop leader), Teamwork

2014

Workshop EU-institutions, Teamwork

2014

Workshop Subtitling, Teamwork

2013

Workshop MemoQ for beginners, KTV

2012

Workshop Literary translations, Teamwork

2012

Minor Legal Translation Dutch/English II, ITV

2011

Workshop Editing, Teamwork

2011

Minor Legal Translation Dutch/English I, ITV

2010

Minor ‘Political and cultural differences between the US and the Netherlands’, ITV

2008

Post-graduate course in Fixed Income Portfolio Management, VBA

2006/2007

Editing Skills, SENSE, Utrecht

2005

Workshop Financial Reporting, Teamwork

2003

Mortgage Consultancy, NIBE-SVV

2001

Dutch Securities Institute Integrity Module, NIBE

1999

Economic Value Added, Amsterdam Institute of Finance, Amsterdam

1999

Portfolio Management, Amsterdam Institute of Finance, Amsterdam

1990

Presentation techniques, Vergouwen Overduin, Utrecht (NL)

1987-1988

Marketing Management (NIMA-B), SRM, Rotterdam

Work experience

april 2014

Speaker/workshop leader at Teamwork workshop Investing 2.0 for financial translators

2004 - present

Freelance financial English-Dutch translator (Fluent in Finance)

2001 - 2004

Product Specialist Global Equities Team, ING Investment Management, The Hague

1997 - 2001

Senior Investment Manager (Dutch equities & European small caps), ING Investment Management, The Hague

1992 - 1996

Equities Analyst and Specialist Sales, HSBC Van Meer James Capel, Amsterdam

1990 - 1992

Assistant Head of Training, Options Exchange, Amsterdam

1988 - 1990

Options & Futures Training Coordinator, Institute for Financial Training, Amsterdam

1986 - 1988

Marketing Assistant and Press Officer, Options Exchange, Amsterdam

Specialist fields

Since August 2004, I have translated a wide range of English-language financial texts into Dutch, including:

 

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Financial press releases (takeovers, quarterly/half-year/annual figures)

 

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Texts for annual reports (regional trends, notes on financial statements, corporate governance, explanation of sustainability policy)

 

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Financial marketing brochures (investment products, investment funds, new regulation)

 

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Media information (PowerPoint presentations for analysts and press (incl. speaker notes))

 

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Texts for investment prospectuses (market trends, product descriptions, disclaimers)

 

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Legal-financial documents (loan contracts, trade regulations, codes of conduct)

 

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Monthly, quarterly and (semi-)annual reports for investment funds

 

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Requests for proposals (RFPs) (for asset management mandates)

 

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Monetary texts (monthly bulletin central bank)

 

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Economic comments (written by strategist investment banks and columnists of Project Syndicate)

 

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Journalistic articles and corporate publications (e.g. for Zanders Magazine and the pension magazines IPN and NPN)