Sophie joined conservation organisation African Parks as Director of Fundraising Europe in 2013, building on a career in international marketing and product delivery in the airline industry (KLM Royal Dutch Airlines), microfinance (Goodwell), and various philanthropy related organisations. Before joining African Parks, she has focused on the promotion of corporate social responsibility programmes as a marketing consultant with Himmelblau. Sophie graduated from the School for Hotel Management in The Hague and has an MBA from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, USA. Sophie is married, has two daughters, and is based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.