Costa Vasili

Costa Vasili

CEO&Founder at EthnoLink

Qualifications

CEO and founder of Ethnolink, one of Australia's largest multicultural communications and translation agencies

Board member of the AALC (Australasian Association of Language Companies)

Industry advisory board member for translation and interpreting programs at Monash University and RMIT

Expertise

Translation

Localization

Multicultural Communications

Language Services

Community Engagement

Business Leadership

So in 2011, at the age of 20, fuelled by my father's story of struggle and ambition, I founded EthnoLink ๐ŸŽ‰ โ€” today one of Australia's largest translation companies. I was determined to build a company that would make a difference in Australia, if not the world. ๐ŸŒ One about connection โœ… Not about conflict โŒ And for the past nine years, our team at EthnoLink have been helping connect Australia through language. ๐Ÿ›๏ธ We do this by working with leading Federal, State and Local Government clients, Not-for-profits and Corporates to provide world-class, professional translation services. โœ… We translate between English and all languages, including Arabic, Chinese, French, Spanish, Greek and even Tigrinya and Hazaragi. The types of content we translate include: โœ… written documents โœ… videos โœ… audio ... and basically any type of content you can think of!๐Ÿ’ก And in doing so, we help organisations connect with Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) communities and tell their story or their message. This in turn helps to empower non-English speakers to make informed decisions about their life. โญ

Experience

Chief Executive Officer & Founder at Ethnolink

May 2011 โ€” Present ยท 15 yrs 3 mos

Founded and leads Australia's largest multicultural communications agency, ISO 17100-certified across 150+ languages.

Co-President at Entrepreneurs' Organization Melbourne

Jul 2026 โ€” Present ยท 1 mo

Co-president of the Melbourne chapter of the Entrepreneurs' Organization.

Board Member at AALC - Australasian Association of Language Companies

Oct 2021 โ€” Present ยท 4 yrs 10 mos

Board member of the industry association for Australasian language companies.

Industry Advisory Board Member (Master of Interpreting and Translation Studies) at Monash University

Dec 2020 โ€” Present ยท 5 yrs 8 mos

Advises on the translation and interpreting master's program.

Industry Advisory Committee Member (Translating & Interpreting) at RMIT University

Nov 2022 โ€” Present ยท 3 yrs 9 mos

Advises RMIT's translating and interpreting programs.

Senior Project Scheduler at IBM

Feb 2012 to Mar 2014 ยท 2 yrs 1 mo

Project scheduling and coordination.

Qualifications

CEO and founder of Ethnolink, one of Australia's largest multicultural communications and translation agencies

Board member of the AALC (Australasian Association of Language Companies)

Industry advisory board member for translation and interpreting programs at Monash University and RMIT

Expertise

Translation

Localization

Multicultural Communications

Language Services

Community Engagement

Business Leadership

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