Sophie is a Communications Director with WRI's Global Restoration Initiative, which supports governments, civil society, companies, and communities around the world in restoring millions of hectares of deforested and degraded land.

She was previously the Communications Director at the Food and Land Use Coalition (FOLU), a community committed to the urgent transformation of food and land use systems.

Prior to joining WRI in 2021, Sophie was a journalist for 20 years, working as a foreign correspondent and editor for Bloomberg News and Agence France-Presse (AFP). She was based in East Africa, Scandinavia, the UK, and West Africa. She worked in both print and video, and served as Bureau Chief for Bloomberg News in Nigeria, where she lived for ten years.

During a sabbatical, she decided to pivot her focus toward environmental and development issues—an interest that led her to WRI.

Sophie studied History at La Sorbonne University in Paris and earned a degree in Journalism from the Centre de Formation Professionnelle des Journalistes, also in Paris. She is French-Danish and lives in The Hague with her daughter, Anna, and their dog, Charlie. She enjoys organizing debate nights and loves spending time outdoors.