Sophie Pereira de Sousa Costa

Sophie Pereira de Sousa Costa has a diverse range of work experience spanning various industries and roles. Sophie currently holds the position of Director of Project Delivery at Huma, a role they assumed in April 2023. Prior to this, Sophie was the Head of Project Delivery at Huma from September 2022 to March 2023.

Before joining Huma, Sophie worked at Kheiron Medical as a Customer Success & Strategy Manager from January 2022 to December 2022. Sophie also served as the Project Manager of the NHSx AI Award from January 2021 to January 2022.

Sophie's earlier experience includes roles at Attain. where they worked as a Senior Strategy Manager from March 2020 to January 2021, and as a Strategy Manager from March 2018 to March 2020. Sophie started their journey at Attain as a Specialist in January 2017 and stayed in this role until March 2018.

Prior to their time at Attain., Sophie worked as a United Nation's Research Associate at UNRWA from September 2016 to January 2017. Sophie also served as an Ehealth Customer Support Manager at Minddistrict from October 2014 to September 2016.

Sophie'searlier experiences include positions as a Clinical Researcher at The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust from November 2014 to October 2015, and as a Clinical Research Assistant at the University of Bath from February 2014 to August 2014.

Sophie also worked as a Research Worker at Sophie'sMajesty's Prison Young Offenders' Institution ISIS from June 2013 to August 2013, and as an Assistant Psychologist at South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust from September 2012 to August 2013.

Sophie'sfirst professional experience was as a Human Resources Intern at BNP Paribas in May and June 2008.

With a strong background in project delivery, strategy, and research, Sophie Pereira de Sousa Costa has developed a comprehensive skill set that makes their a valuable asset in their current role as Director of Project Delivery at Huma.

Sophie Pereira de Sousa Costa holds a Master of Science degree in Public Health and Management from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, U. of London, which they obtained from 2014 to 2015. Sophie also holds a Master of Science degree in Theoretical Psychoanalytic Studies from UCL, completed during the same period. Prior to that, they earned a BSc Psychology degree from the University of Bath from 2010 to 2014. Sophie completed their Bacalaureat in Economics and Social Science, European Stream at Lycee Francais de Singapour from 2007 to 2010. Additionally, they completed a summer course in Psychology at Boston University in 2009.

Sophie has obtained several additional certifications, including Design Thinking: Venture Design from frog in partnership with LinkedIn, HUMAN-CENTERED DESIGN from IDEO, Leaders: Make Your Teams More Agile, Creative, and United from Big Think, and UX Deep Dive: Usability Testing from LinkedIn, all in 2020. Sophie also completed PRINCE2® Foundation and Practitioner Certification Training from CUPE International in 2017, and Health in Humanitarian Crisis from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, U. of London in March 2017.