Consulting Executive Director
Sophie has fifteen years of experience in climate, development and international governance across international NGOs, UN agencies and research organisations. She has lived and worked in the UK, France, Myanmar and the United States, and is fluent in French.
She is Consulting Executive Director of WFM and Managing Director of the Mobilising an Earth Governance Alliance (MEGA). She has also co-chaired the Board of CAN-UK since 2023. She previously served on the Board of the Global Network for Disaster Reduction (GNDR). Her earlier roles include managing UNDRR’s G20 engagement, serving as Head of Policy and Research for Climate at ActionAid UK, and positions at the United Nations Foundation, Plan International UK, UNOPS in Myanmar and King’s College London. Sophie holds a Master of Public Administration in Climate Governance from the University of Birmingham and an MA in Disasters, Climate Adaptation and Development from King’s College London, both with Distinction. She is completing a UK law conversion at BPP.
WHY ARE YOU A WORLD FEDERALIST?
My life has taken me across continents, and my children’s roots now span them. Living between cultures has taught me that we are, at heart, one people, and that what we share runs far deeper than what divides us. The greatest challenges of our time, from climate change to war and nuclear risk, make that truth impossible to ignore. They don’t respect borders, and no country can solve them alone. Meeting them will take real solidarity, the willingness to stand with one another across every line that separates us. It will also take global governance that is fair, transparent and democratic: one where every voice is represented, especially the communities most affected and least heard, and where power rests on the rule of law, not the rule of force.
WHAT IS THE FUTURE YOU ARE WORKING TOWARDS?
My two young children will inherit a planet in crisis, and it is a deep injustice that a generation with no say in creating this mess will live with its consequences. My work on climate and international governance has shown me that our institutions are not yet equal to risks of this scale, but also that change is more possible than we often think. I am working towards a world that governs our shared planet as one, where greater humanity, compassion and solidarity guide how we care for each other and the Earth we share.