Sophie Hulm leads Progress Together, a not-for-profit membership body which aims to level the playing field in UK financial services.

As Head of Skills Policy at the City of London, Sophie was the founder and architect of a Government-commissioned Taskforce in Socio-Economic Diversity after which she joined Progress Together as Chief Executive in September 2022.  Throughout her working life Sophie has focused on the power of business to bring about change, including working for a welfare-to-work organisation, a Corporate Responsibility membership body, as a trustee for Governors for Schools and a member of the Steering Committee of the 30% Club.

Her dad is a working-class East Londoner and her mum a retired academic with immigrant parents. She lives with her partner and two mixed-race children who are big fans of Pokemon and Octonauts.