Sophie Clavet
Senior Manager

Sophie provides advisory services at governance and operational levels to clients in the field of Banking and Finance (AML/CFT), Technology, Health, Police/Justice and Humanitarian Action. She is a lawyer and a certified Data Protection Officer (DPO) with more than 10 years of Data Protection and Privacy experience. Her areas of intervention range from policy development to audits and DPIAs, public-private partnerships, data transfers (TIAs, SCCs, BCRs), data protection due diligence and vendors contractual compliance review.
Before joining AWO, Sophie has worked with the French Government as a Financial Crime Specialist. She also performed data protection advisory roles for international organisations, including as a DPO and a Data Protection Adviser (UNICEF, INTERPOL, the World Bank and the International Committee of the Red Cross).
Sophie is a DPO certified at both European and national levels (European Institute of Public Administration; University Paris II & Hogan Lovells Law Firm). She is a legal Expert of the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) in the area of new technologies as well as an Expert of the United Nations Security Council Affairs Division on sanctions-related matters. She has delivered presentations addressing privacy and data protection challenges in various contexts, including events organized by the banking sector, the tech industry, the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), national authorities, and the European Union. Her published work addresses notably the use of biometrics by the private and the public sectors and the processing of passenger name record (PNR) data by the civil aviation industry.
About us
- Our team
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Aarnima Shah
Associate
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Alan Dahi
Senior Advisor
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Aldo Sghirinzetti
Associate
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Alex Lawrence-Archer
Solicitor
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Amna Qureshi
Senior Associate
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Aparna Surendra
Manager
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Ben Hayes
Strategy Director
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Boudewijn van Eerd
Associate
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Cassie Roddy
Solicitor
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Charlotte Titterton
Finance and Business Operations Manager
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Donna Roberts
Finance Coordinator
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Eleftherios Chelioudakis
Senior Associate
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Eric Kind
Managing Director
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Esme Harrington
Researcher
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Jo McGrory
People Operations Coordinator
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Laureline Lemoine
Senior Associate
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Mahdi Assan
Researcher
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Maria-Elena Ciccolini
Senior Advisor
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Mathias Vermeulen
Public Policy Director
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Nick Botton
Senior Associate
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Ravi Naik
Legal Director
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Rosie McLaughlin
People Operations Manager
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Sophie Clavet
Senior Manager