Sophie Walker

Sophie is Senior Advisor, Sustainability & Responsible AI at EQT, where she focuses on value creation for EQT’s portfolio, fundraising and strategic projects at the intersection of sustainability and AI. Sophie is driving EQT’s approach to responsible AI in collaboration with the digital, sustainability, legal and investment teams. Sophie is a Voting member of the EQT Future Investment Committee and Portfolio Performance Review committee.

Sophie joined EQT in 2021 as the Head of Sustainability – Private Capital, where she accelerated sustainability and impact integration across the business line, delivering market leading decarbonization, sustainability and impact performance. She was promoted to Partner Equivalent in January 2024 and transitioned to Senior Advisor in March 2025.

Prior to joining EQT Partners, Sophie was UK Board member and UK Head of Sustainability at professional services firm JLL. In this role, she led the sustainability P&Ls, the internal sustainability & diversity functions, and established the public affairs team, from 2015 - 2021. Sophie previously led the EMEA strategic sustainability consulting function at JLL from 2007 – 2015. Prior to this, Sophie held political, environmental and human rights roles in politics, business and voluntary sectors. Sophie is currently undertaking a Masters (part-time) in AI Ethics & Society at the University of Cambridge.