Sophie has over 25 years of experience in the media and digital industry with substantial in-house legal experience in both the UK, as Head of Legal at Sky Active, a division of Sky, and in Australia, as Principal Legal Counsel at Foxtel. Her expertise spans legal, compliance, corporate governance, regulatory and policy.
Sophie is currently the Group General Counsel of GTN Limited responsible for legal and compliance at GTN Limited in its four operating markets, Australia, Canada, the UK and Brazil.
Sophie began her career at UK Magic Circle firm, Allen & Overy. She has worked in a number of legal, compliance and regulatory roles in Australia, the UK and Hong Kong primarily for private sector media and technology businesses. She also worked for the Telecommunications Regulator in the UK and Gilbert + Tobin in Australia. Sophie is admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of NSW and in England and Wales.