She is a Senior Research Fellow at the Hydrogen Research InsQtute Afe Babalola University, Ekiti State, Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (ICSA UK and Nigeria), Associate of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, United Kingdom and an Associate of Business Recovery and Insolvency PracQQoners AssociaQon of Nigeria (BRIPAN).

She obtained a first degree in Law with Honors from Delta State University, a master’s in Law from the University of Lagos, and a PhD in Law with a focus on Corporate Governance and the Sustainability of Businesses from Babcock University. She has varied experience in active legal practice.

With a strong commercial law background, Sophia has been company secretary and external solicitor to several local and foreign companies. She has served as one of the Arbitrators in a Federal High Court-ordered Arbitration Panel with respect to the management of estate facilities.

She was sworn in by the Chief Judge of Lagos State as a Notary Public of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in October 2014.

She has ascended and participated in several local and international conferences, workshops, forums, and seminars in various disciplines. Some of which are: Forensic Analysis Training organized by the United States Government in Conjunction with the Lagos State Government; the International Finance Corporation (IFC)- ICSAN Corporate Governance Training and the Transnational International Energy Arbitration in Houston Texas in the United States of America.

She is a member of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Ikeja Branch, and InternaQonal FederaQon of Women Lawyers (FIDA), Ikeja Branch. She is a member of the Professional Development Committee and Business Forum NBA Ikeja Branch and has served as a member of the Public Practice, Law Reform, and Membership and Branch Liaison Committees of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries & Administrators of Nigeria (ICSAN). She has also served in the positions of Mobilization Secretary and Publicity Secretary of ICSAN Lagos State Chapter between 2009-2018. She is an examiner of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries & Administrators of Nigeria (ICSAN) and the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN). Sophia’s specialties include Corporate and Economic Governance, Individual and Business Sustainability, Energy Law with an interest in Hydrogen Energy Legal frameworks, Immigration, Arbitration and Taxation.

Sophia is also involved in several volunteer and charitable activities, some of which are; Association of Women in Governance, Eyeround Foundtion, Hurlag Humanitarian-Aid Foundation, and Give Hope to Kidney Foundation – a Non-Government Organization (NGO) set up to alleviate the suffering of indigent kidney transplant patients, where she is a Trustee and Secretary to the Boards of Trustees. Sophia organized over 14 programs under her Carleton University Queen Elizabeth Scholar Community Engagement programs in Nigeria between 2023 to 2024 where she carried out free programs to advocate for raising Future leaders in Secondary Schools, Preparing for Global Opportunities in the academia and industry, Mentorship programs and organized free seminars on strategies on Business and Individual Sustainability. Sophia has a strong passion for assisting women, youths, and children in dire need of support. She loves to serve and meet people.