Gavin Wheeldon
Chief Executive
What's the most enjoyable part of your job?
The most enjoyable part is when we get those magic emails or phone calls from clients who we’ve done an amazing job for!
Tell us three facts about yourself, one of which is a lie.
- I’ve lived in 16 different places across 3 different countries.
- I won the national Unicycle championships
- I’m a qualified NLP Practitioner
What do you consider your biggest achievement is so far?
Starting and growing Applied Language Solutions to the level it is now.
What is your favourite song?
Jack Johnson – Better Together
What is your biggest ambition?
To have Applied Language Solutions be the biggest language provider in the world.
What's your favourite film?
Pulp fiction probably, although I like an awful lot of films
What's your chosen tipple?
Between an icy cold beer and a nice red wine.
What was your worst ever fashion disaster?
A perm at the age of about eight although I’ve had quite a few others!
Top tip:
If it doesn’t kill you it only makes you stronger.
Biography
Having started in business at age 12 Gavin joined the commercial world at an early age, moving on to sell kitchens and windows whilst doing a BTEC National Diploma in Computer Science he learnt the sharp end of sales and recognised the future of technology. After a two year period managing teams selling advertising he started his first business learning all aspects of a commercial enterprise which lasted 3 years at age 20. Moving on to sell Enterprise technology solutions for 4 years before starting Applied Language Solutions which is the fastest growing translation company in the world.
February 21 2007
Gavin Wheeldon speaks no foreign tongues, but his innovative approach to business has seen him establish a very successful translation and interpretation business…
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