David Illingworth, a founder member of the Peer Group, translates from Portuguese, Spanish and French and has been a freelance translator for almost 30 years, often for EU institutions and other international organisations. He obtained an MA in Translation Studies (with Distinction) from the University of Sheffield in 2003, and now tutors on the course. He is a full member of both the Institute of Translation and Interpreting and the Chartered Institute of Linguists, whose Diploma in Translation he holds in each of his working languages.