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Sophie serves on the International Presence Committee of the Executive Leadership Council (ELC), chairs the Advisory Panel of The Network of Networks (TNON) BAME/Multicultural Chapter and mentors six EMpower Ethnic Minority Future Leaders. She is co-founder of the Black British Business Awards, which continues to support British business in increasing ethnic diversity and has been endorsed by the Prime Minister amongst others. In 2018 the BBBAwards launched the Talent Accelerator programme which was hosted by Morgan Stanley.  The cohort consisted of 27 BAME professionals who had been identified as high-potential candidates for senior leadership roles from 15 Tier I corporations operating in the UK. Each participant has reported substantial progress in career development in the last year, and each of the original participating companies and new businesses have signed back up for the second year or bespoke in-house programmes leveraging the design of the BBBAwards Talent Accelerator. At Morgan Stanley, between July 2017 and January 2019, Sophie served as Co-chair of the African and Caribbean Business Alliance (ACBA) and now serves as Strategic Advisor to the network. As Co-chair, she led a variety of impactful initiatives to contribute to talent attraction, retention and promotion of Black talent at the firm. During her tenure, she drove the evolution of ACBA from affinity network to career advancement platform, with a substantial number of senior allies in London. Membership of the ACBA in EMEA significantly under her leadership, and she has fostered Impactful partnerships with BBBAwards, Elevation Networks and Success Talks. Sophie has been featured on a large number of prestigious lists for her diversity work and has been recognised by HM Queen Elizabeth for her contribution to the Commonwealth diaspora.

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