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Dr. Mahmoud Hatoum, M.D
PARTNER
Mahmoud is a general practitioner from Lebanon, with more than ten years of medical experience. He is also an accomplished entrepreneur in the areas of retail services and general commerce, facts that have sharpened his interpersonal skills and his ability to multitask when faced with strict deadlines. Aside from his M.D. Degree, Mahmoud has also received official training in order to become a certified interpreter/translator for English and Arabic. But that’s not all! Mahmoud is also fluent in Spanish, French and Russian, which means he can utilize his linguistic assets to assist many local communities. He specializes in medical interpretation and interpretation for people with developmental challenges, as well as in interpretation for the mental health sector. Mahmoud’s linguistic training, along with his empathetic personality, allow him to be the ideal interpreter for every service provider: professional, while also striving to promote direct communication between his clients.
Vasilis Panousis, BA, M.Sc.
PARTNER
Vasilis holds a Master’s degree (M.Sc.) in economics and finance from Athens University of Economics and Business in Greece and has worked in the private finance sector for more than twenty years. He is fluent in Greek, German and English and has also received official training to become a community interpreter/translator between these languages. Vasilis’ focus lies on the financial and business sector interpretations and translations. Along with being an interpreter himself, he also teaches a course at St. Clair College that trains and certifies future community interpreters.
Having been in both sides of the interpretation session (both as an immigrant to Canada with limited English and as a professional interpreter), Vasilis is able to understand both perspectives of the language barrier. Taking his pleasant and easygoing personality into consideration, Vasilis can provide professional interpretation and translation services for every aspect of the daily life.