Sonia Dunlop

Sonia Dunlop is CEO of the Global Solar Council and has worked in the solar PV industry, renewables policy and climate change finance for almost 15 years. Over a decade ago, she was behind some of the initial calls from the European Parliament for the creation of a world solar association. She has previously worked for SolarPower Europe, the European PV association, and Solar Energy UK, as well as being heavily involved in RE-Source Platform. Over the last five years she has been part of the Senior Management Team of climate change politics think tank Third Generation Environmentalism (E3G) and worked for the COP26 Glasgow organising team. She also spent five years in the European Parliament in Brussels working on renewables and energy infrastructure policy. Sonia has expertise in development finance, renewables policy, digitalisation of energy, Multilateral Development Banks and corporate Power Purchase Agreements. Sonia speaks English, French, Italian and Dutch as well as basic Spanish and Portuguese, has four passports and is based in London.