Sophie Sanders, Associate

Sophie brings experience in strategic thinking and change management. She has worked with a range of companies from start-ups to large corporates on sustainability issues including growth strategy, regulatory response, GHG strategy and new technologies.

Sophie began her work in sustainability with Virgin Green Fund, a private equity fund focused in renewable energy and energy efficiency. At VGF, Sophie was part of the investment team looking at deals in solar, biofuels and carbon credits. She then joined the strategy group of the Carbon Trust, a think tank providing advice to corporations and the UK government on climate change. Here she helped design the UK's first quantitative scheme to recognize companies reducing their emissions and developed a deep understanding of the carbon market including the European Emissions Trading Scheme, voluntary offsets and the Kyoto mechanism.

Sophie previously worked at McKinsey & Co, where she advised a range of clients on strategy, operations and organizational change. Sophie holds a Bachelor of Advanced Science with first class honors from the University of Sydney and an MBA from the London Business School.