Joanne F Sonin

Joanne F Sonin is a finance professional and scholar based in the United Kingdom. She has a PhD in company law from the Law School of the London School of Economics and Political Science, where she is currently Visiting Fellow. Her research focuses on the questions of shareholder and stakeholder interests, corporate behaviour, corporate purpose, and legal reform. Joanne combines her academic research with her work in the financial sector, in which she has over 20 years of experience working in...See more

Joanne F Sonin is a finance professional and scholar based in the United Kingdom. She has a PhD in company law from the Law School of the London School of Economics and Political Science, where she is currently Visiting Fellow. Her research focuses on the questions of shareholder and stakeholder interests, corporate behaviour, corporate purpose, and legal reform. Joanne combines her academic research with her work in the financial sector, in which she has over 20 years of experience working in global financial markets as an advisor, as a principal, and as a senior corporate executive. She has worked as an investment banker at a number of global firms and throughout her career has been based in numerous jurisdictions, including London, New York, Sydney, and Tel Aviv, executing a wide range of M&A and capital-markets transactions. Joanne now advises investors and companies on corporate purpose and ESG strategy and integration, leveraging her expertise in corporate finance and company law. She also has an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management, a PhD in Classics from the University of Cambridge, and a BA from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. See less