Sofia started her career at Ernst & Young Lisbon in 2000 in the Transaction Advisory Services Department, where she worked on various transactions for a portfolio of international clients. In 2006, she joined WestLB in London as an Associate Director and she was responsible for leading the execution and supporting the origination of structured and leverage finance transactions in the EMEA region.

She moved to the Private Equity industry in 2008, when she joined Satya Capital, a USD 200 million African Private Equity player. At Satya Capital she was mainly responsible for deal sourcing in Portuguese speaking countries, which enabled her to build a strong business relationship network in Angola and Mozambique. In 2014, Sofia joined 54 Capital, to lead the origination and execution of transactions in Mozambique. Sofia moved to Mozambique in 2018, when she set-up SR Private Equity Advisory.

Sofia holds a MSc in Business Management from a top ranked Portuguese University – Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão (ISEG) and a Masters in Finance from ISCTE Business School. She is a Portuguese native speaker and fluent in English.