Vanessa Jakeman has been an EFL Teacher for 7 years. She lived in Hong Kong for 10 years teaching EFL, working for the Hong Kong Examinations Authority as a Subject Officer. She has also worked for UCLES, (4 years on IELTS and as Group Manager for the ‘special exams’). She has worked freelance for Cambridge ESOL since 1994 (IELTS, main suite and business exams) and now works predominantly on IELTS and is the co-author of IELTS 1 and 2 practice tests (CUP). Source: http://www.cambridge.org/us/cambridgeenglish/authors/vanessa-jakeman