This spring has seen several staff changes, some employees have left and there are several new faces.

Translator Paul Drægebø from the English department left in April to move to Oslo. We wish him the best of luck in the capital.

Project coordinator Kjersti Solend left in March, and we take this opportunity to wish her all the best.

Sigrid Svarstad was hired in March, she will work both as a project coordinator and a market coordinator. Sigrid studied tourism at Oppland University College and has worked in the tourism industry for 25 years.

Kristina Espeseth has started working part-time as a project coordinator, and also works during holidays and when other project coordinators are on sick leave. Kristina studies at the University of Bergen. 

We are still on the lookout for a translator for the English department. We are now making active recruitment efforts and three candidates were interviewed and performed a trial translation in May. 
One of our candidates, Adeline Scott from Glasgow, will be working as a holiday temp in the English department for three months this summer.

Allegro’s annual strategy seminar was held on the first weekend in June This year, the seminar took place at Herdlevågen Gjestehus, where in addition to the seminar and socialising, the staff tried their luck fishing!

Ove Pedersen passed the Government Authorisation exam from English into Norwegian in autumn 2008. Congratulations!

For the second year in a row, Allegro decided to donate money to a good cause rather than give Christmas presents to the staff. The year before last, SOS Children’s Villages, Bergen was the lucky recipient, and last Christmas, the Norwegian Air Ambulance Service (Norsk Luftambulanse) received NOK 12,500.