Sophie is a consultant specialising in the area of
sustainable materials and biobased products. She works with a wide range of public
and private sector clients, including SME technology developers, multinational
companies and investors, helping to de-risk business decisions around commercial
development and investment. 
Sophie’s rapidly growing project portfolio reflects her broad
knowledge of key market and policy areas across the bio-based economy. Her experience
includes the market and opportunity analysis of chemical, polymer, technology and feedstock sectors; the sustainability appraisal of products and materials; industry stakeholder analysis and engagement; and the assessment of EU & UK renewable energy and environmental policy.
She is currently responsible for the delivery of NNFCC outputs as part of the UKRI funded
Furafact project which, alongside Unilever, Croda and the University of York, is investigating the potential of novel high performance surfactants from biobased building blocks. Sophie is also a key player in the H2020
Shikifactory100 project, working on the sustainability appraisal of chemical compounds arising from lab-based, research-focused work packages. Other notable past projects include: