Sophie Peresson joined the International Chamber of Commerce in 2017. She is Director of the Innovation for All Hub, a role that involves leading ICC policy development and advocacy on Internet governance, digital policy, intellectual property and anti-counterfeiting.

Sophie oversees the work of the ICC Digital Economy Commission that convenes over 300 business experts from across the global ICC network to discuss digital policy issues. She also directs ICC’s Business Action to Support the Information Society (BASIS) advocacy initiative, which brings together business to advance multi-stakeholder participation in Internet governance and ICT for development. ICC BASIS convenes and facilitates business input into work streams and activities, in particular those following up from the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), whether at the UN, its agencies or the Internet Governance Forum.

Sophie graduated from the Sorbonne Law school and went on to graduate from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). In 2017 she completed a MSc at the London School of Hygiene and tropical Medicine. She also lectures at Sciences Po (Paris).