Sophie Trémolet leads the Water Team within the Environment Directorate at the OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development), which advises OECD members and partner countries on water economics and finance as well as water quality challenges.
Sophie joined the OECD from The Nature Conservancy, a leading nature conservation organisation, where she established the Europe freshwater programme, focused on restoring and protecting rivers of high biodiversity value and accelerating investment in nature-based solutions for water security in Europe and globally. She had previously worked as a Senior Economist in the World Bank’s Global Water practice, where she led the preparation and supervised projects in West Africa, contributed to establishing a new multi-donor Trust Fund and developed the Bank’s approaches and tools in blended finance for water. She started her career as a consultant on issues of financing, institutional and regulatory reforms and private sector participation in the water sector, for a broad range of clients, including leading development banks, governments, NGOs, foundations and universities. Sophie holds a double master’s in economics and international development from Sciences-Po (Paris) and Columbia University (New York).