Biography

Joanne Faye Sonin is an independent director. She is a senior finance professional and scholar with broad international experience as an advisor, a principal, and a non-executive director, combining experience and expertise in corporate finance, company law, real estate, and ESG. Dr. Sonin has over 20 years of experience working in global financial markets, with sector expertise in real estate and financial institutions, and has worked as an investment banker at several global firms, including Citigroup, JP Morgan, and Deutsche Bank. In addition to her roles at major financial institutions in London, New York, and Sydney, from 2012-2015, Dr. Sonin was Executive Vice President, Head of Corporate Development, at Gazit Globe, a publicly listed global real estate company, where she had a wide range of operational, transactional, development, investment, and managerial responsibilities across many different jurisdictions. Dr. Sonin has a PhD in law from the London School of Economics and Political Science as well as an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management, a PhD from the University of Cambridge, and a BA from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Dr. Sonin is a UK resident.