Sophie English

Sophie English is a Sustainability Policy Advocacy Specialist (UK & EU) at Aviva plc. She supports Nick Molho, Head of Sustainability Policy Advocacy (UK and EU), with developing Aviva’s public policy advocacy positions relating to climate policy and broader topics of environmental sustainability in the UK and EU.

In this role, Sophie has a particular focus on working with investment teams across the business to help identify key areas of public policy change that can help unlock greater levels of private investment in low carbon infrastructure and businesses across different sectors of the economy. Sophie also supports Aviva’s participation in a range of public policy taskforces, such as the Transition Finance Council (TFC). Published in September 2025, she worked with the TFC to develop its Finance Playbook, which provides a framework for financeable sector transition plans.

Sophie joined Aviva in 2021 and has worked in sustainability roles across both Aviva Investors and Aviva. She was seconded to the Transition Plan Taskforce for a year in 2022-2023, leading on the integration of nature, adaptation, and just transition considerations into the gold-standard guidance and disclosure framework for company transition plans.