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Our Team

9 multilingual language travel advisors and 8 additional support staff make up the complete Timpany Languages team. All of our advisors have travelled extensively and know from their own experience exactly what it means to live and learn a language in a foreign country.
 

Language Travel Advisors

James Owen

Languages: English, Portuguese, Spanish
Home town: Windsor, UK
Places lived in: England, Brasil, Japan
Hobbies: Photography and video

Julien Baudry

Languages: French, English, Spanish, Catalan, German
Home town: Beauraing, Belgium
Places lived in: Madrid, Montréal, Málaga
Hobbies: Learning languages, travelling, cooking, dining out, going to the movies, reading, sports

Susana Ramirez

Languages: Spanish, English, Italian, French
Home town: Zaragoza, Spain
Places lived in: Paris, Sydney, Milan & Barcelona
Hobbies: Travelling and tourism! Meeting people from all over the world and learning about new cultures, basketball, lots of sports, painting, spending quality time with family and good friends... Carpe Diem!

Francesc Ramírez

Languages: Spanish, Catalan, French, Italian, Portuguese
Home town: Badalona, Spain
Places lived in: Badalona, El Masnou, International waters (3 years living and working in a cruise ship), Nice
Hobbies: Sports (basketball, paddle, golf), reading historic novels, travelling and getting to know new cities and cultures

Alejandro Maleubre

Languages: Spanish, German, English, Catalan
Home town: Madrid, Spain
Places lived in: Madrid, Barcelona (study), Manchester (work and language studies), Dresde (work), Munich (trabajo) 
Hobbies: Reading, travelling, sports (tennis, basketball), playing guitar and bass guitar, listening to music

Eva Jansen

Languages: German, English, Spanish, Japanese, Dutch, French, Catalan
Home town: Meerbusch (Düsseldorf), Germany
Places lived in: Malaga, Fuerteventura, Mexico & Barcelona
Hobbies: Sports (dancing, ski, snowboard, rollerblading, swimming), travelling, movies, barbecue, audiovisual and graphic design, photography, painting, decorating.

Cathrin Furthmüller

Languages: german, english, spanish, french
Home town: Hameln, Germany
Places lived in: Janesville (USA), Nice (France), Barcelona (Spain)
Hobbies: Family and friends, horse riding, dancing, skiing 

Tomoko Ishihara

Languages: Japanese, English, Spanish, Catalan
Home town: Chiba, Japan
Places lived in: London, Ireland & Barcelona
Hobbies: Yoga, taichi, listening to music (Jazz, Ska, Bossa nova), cooking (createing new recipes!) and discovering nice and relaxed coffee shops.

Hiromi Ishihara

Languages: Japanese, English, Spanish
Home town: Hiroshima, Japan
Places lived in: Toronto, Mexico, New York, London and Barcelona
Hobbies: Trekking, reading, playing music, taking care of plants

Federica Cauli - Italian Office Manager

Languages: English, Spanish, German, Italian
Home town: Cagliari, Italy
Places lived in: London, Vienna, Salzburg & Barcelona
Hobbies: Sport, travelling, reading, découpage, crochet.

Nadia Bellucci - Italian Office

Languages: Italian, English, French, German
Home town: Sassari, Italy
Places lived in: Norwich, London, Nice, Maldives & Frankfurt
Hobbies: Travelling, classic and modern dance, yoga, diving, swimming, sunbathing, spending time with family and friends.

 


 

Other Staff Members

Elinor Zucchet - Head of Marketing

Languages: French, English, Spanish, Italian
Home town: Voiron, France
Places lived in: Chambery, Malta, Texas, Dominican Republic, Ireland, Arizona and Andalusia, Sweden, Florence, Madrid and Barcelona
Hobbies: Travelling, polar tourism and northern lights, body boarding, swimming, nature, music (ukulele), visiting family and friends

Raquel Salas - Office Manager

Languages: Spanish, Catalan, English
Home town: Barcelona, Spain
Places lived in: Barcelona, but I have also spent many years visiting various locations in the UK
Hobbies: Trekking, furniture restoration and socialising

Simona Munteanu - Accountant

Languages: French, English, Spanish and Roumanian
Home town: Bistrita (Transilvania)
Places lived in: Monteral & Barcelona
Hobbies: I love to visit new places, to meet people, to make new friends and to share good moments with them.

Christina Grammatikopoulou - Web Content Coordinator

Languages: English, Spanish, Greek, French, German
Home town: Thessaloniki, Greece
Places lived in: Athens (research), Madrid (study/language course), Barcelona (study/work)
Hobbies: Travelling, writing, contemporary art, music

Gunnar Thorsén - General Manager

Languages: Swedish, English, Spanish, German
Home town: Stockholm, Sweden
Places lived in: Stockholm, Detroit, Oviedo, Madrid, Nantes, Antigua Guatemala and Barcelona
Hobbies: Running, traveling, skiing & sailing

Mayumi Morimoto - Company Owner

Languages: Japanese, English, German and Spanish
Home town: Kawasaki, Japan
Places lived in: Montreal, Berlin & Barcelona
Hobbies: Cycling, hiking, traveling, reading and music (violin)

David Gundlach - Head of Finance and Technology

Languages: German, English, Spanish and French
Home town: Freiburg, Germany
Places lived in: Texas, Andalusia, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Montreal, Berlin & Barcelona
Hobbies: Cycling, hiking, travel, literature and languages