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Swiss Interpreter and Business Consultant specialized on Eastern Europe and Russia
Account type
Translation agency/company employee or owner
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Academic Background
Michael Derrer's studies of political sciences and economics in Lausanne and Geneva fell into the period of the great political changes in Eastern Europe. In order to witness the unfolding events he spent study periods in Bucharest and in Moscow. He finished his interdisciplinary studies with an MA in Public Management. Recently he completed his profile with a Diploma as a Lecturer for Accountancy, Finance, and Commercial Law.
Management Experience
After his studies Michael Derrer worked in Switzerland's export promotion, later in a Zurich-based trading company - in both functions responsible for the countries of the former Soviet Union.
1998 - 2004 he built up PraxisTransfer, an agency for the cooperation of Swiss consultants with Eastern European companies and universities.
Self-Employed Consultant
On the basis of his network in Eastern Europe Michael Derrer founded his company Ascent Swiss Business Management AG and its Eastern European subsidiaries in 2005. As a project manager, consultant and interpreter he mainly works in Kiev, Moscow, Bucharest and Warsaw, as well as in Switzerland for customers from Eastern Europe.
Translator and Interpreter
Michael Derrer is a member of the Swiss Association of Translators, Terminologists and Interpreters ASTTI and accredited for five Eastern European languages. He is of German mother tongue and speaks excellent Russian, French, English and Romanian, fluent Italian, Polish and Spanish and has good passive knowledge of Ukrainian, Belorussian, Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian and Portuguese.
Analytic and didactic Work
Michael Derrer regularly writes articles about the economies of Eastern Europe for different publications. He also is a lecturer in economics at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts.
Side function as a layman judge
In 2012 has been elected as a judge for civil, commercial and criminal law in his hometown of Rheinfelden (Switzerland). He is also invited as a legal translator and interpreter by several courts in northwestern Switzerland, as well as by the Swiss Supreme Court and the Swiss General Prosecutor.
