Joanna M. Richardson, B.A. Hons., King’s College London

With a B.A. in Spanish, Portuguese & Latin American Literature from King’s College London, in 1985, Joanna emigrated from the UK to Argentina. Originally working as an English teacher and translator, from 2001 to 2020 Joanna worked as a practitioner of plain English at Argentina’s leading law firm, Marval, O’Farrell & Mairal. Joanna has applied her specialization in clear communications to train non-native speakers of English in the skills they need to communicate clearly in English. She is currently training lawyers around the world in plain English. Her courses, talks and individual coaching sessions are practical, dynamic and effective. In recent years she has specialized in giving virtual coaching sessions in Executive Presence, helping senior professionals take their English to the next level. She also writes a regular column on clear communications in the BATimes.