Language is Everything has announced that its chief executive, Carolyn Burgess, has become the company's chairman.
"Over the past few years, we've been building a brilliant team of people who are gradually taking over the operational side of our business," said Carolyn. "This has meant that, over time, my role has evolved and become more and more strategic. The idea of changing my job title is to reflect this shift in focus."
In addition to being the chairman of Language is Everything, Carolyn is president of Hull & Humber Chamber of Commerce. She also sits on the boards of Hull Forward, an economic development company, and AfrOx, an organisation aiming to improve cancer prevention and control in Africa.
It was also announced last week that she had been appointed a non-executive director of Business Link Yorkshire.
"With Language is Everything," said Carolyn, "my work is now very much about talking to key people in the public and private sectors about 'the big picture' of language, culture and communication. The world is becoming more and more multilingual — how can British business thrive in a world where the English language doesn't always rule? Meanwhile, Britain itself is becoming more and more multicultural — how can language help us to build integrated and cohesive communities? These are the questions I'm focussed on."
Last week Carolyn made her second trip this year to Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, where she is working to improve the UK's links with francophone Africa. This week she is in Brussels as part of a British Chambers of Commerce delegation.