Sophie L'Helias

A trained lawyer, Sophie practiced in New York and Paris for several years before specialising in finance as Managing Director of a New York based investment fund. She also launched an investor consulting business focused on international corporate governance. Specialised in corporate governance and ESG, Sophie is a co-founder of the International Corporate Governance Network (www.icgn.org). She is currently the President of LeaderXXchange™ which creates methodologies and products to assess, optimise and integrate diversity, sustainability, and governance strategies for investors, corporates, and boards of directors. Sophie is the recipient of the 2019 International Corporate Governance Network Lifetime Achievement Award in Corporate Governance; the 2019 New York Women in Asset Management Award – ESG; the 2018 Global Proxy Watch GPW 10 Award that designates the ten most salutary corporate governance influences in the world each year and was featured in Forbes 40 French Women Leaders list in 2019.