Sophia is a specialized legal practitioner and an arbitrator , a member of the
chartered Institute of Arbitrators,UK. She practices in the areas of Islamic
Commercial and construction law practice . She has experience in advising on
complex Islamic commercial transactions both local and multi jurisdictional
across Africa, Middle East, Asia, as well as Europe
Sophia has been instrumental in legal advisory roles in the formulation of the
finance laws governing Islamic finance particularly in Uganda, acted for
development finance, commercial financiers, corporate as well as government in
the Islamic banking, Islamic Microfinance, Takaful as well as capital markets
intermediaries.

In Construction, she trained with Hewitt- Decipher Partnership (Dubai) and got
admitted as a member of the Institute of Construction Claims practitioners, UK
and has acted for both contractors as well as employers in contract management
as well as claims representation in the tiered dispute resolution mechanisms of
standard form contracts such as PPDA ,FIDIC among others .Her Construction
Law experience has been relevant as well in broadening her approach to the
practical implementation of Islamic project financing structures such as Sukuk.
She is a PRINCE2 global Best Project management methodology practitioner and
works seamlessly with projects.

Sophia has thrice been recognized as one of the 500 most influential women in
Islamic business and finance by Cambridge WOMANi, is a Cambridge Islamic
finance structuring master and an alumni of the Cambridge Islamic Finance
leadership program. Sophia has concluded the post graduate Diploma in Islamic
banking and finance program with Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance and
is fasttracking a master of Science in Islamic Banking and Finance with Coventry
University, UK . Sophia is also a student of Mufti Faraz Adam on the programme
of the practical use of the AAOIFI standards from a Sharia-al-masaqid and Usul
lens.

She is also the Executive Director of the Islamic Finance Hub(UG) an initiative
whose goal is to provide a platform for professionals to gain skills and
knowledge about Islamic finance and build relationships with all stakeholders of
the industry.