Sophie Maclaren

Sophie is a leadership consultant and coach specializing in meditation and the science of human flourishing. In this capacity she works globally with CEOs, senior leadership teams, and policy makers on personal and organizational transformations. Her clients include top-tier law firms, financial institutions, governments, consulting firms, Ivy League Universities, and Formula 1.
Alongside her global consultancy work, for more than a decade, Sophie has been a Visiting Fellow at the University of Oxford’s Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship, where she is a lecturer and designs bespoke programmes for departments across the university. Her multi-disciplinary research draws on neuroscience, psychology, leadership studies, meditation, and ancient wisdom
traditions.

Prior to Oxford, Sophie spent nearly a decade teaching full-time for Shambhala with a focus on creating programmes for young people, children, and parents. She has been a meditation instructor since 2004, and began her personal practice as a child within Shambhala.