Sonja is an accomplished professional with a rich background in Business Economics and broad experience in entrepreneurship and technology. She started her career as a business consultant at Booz Allen and shifted her focus toward her own business ventures. 

Sonja has founded SCIENCE LAB, an education platform and Alliance for Europe, a civil tech company. Sonja acted as a director in the business consultancy AlixPartners and focusing on enterprise improvement and innovation, is part of the Capitals Coalition supervisory board and the HeadBox advisory board. 

Sonja received her PhD from the Technical University of Munich for empirical education research. 

Her most recent business endeavor is the Nature-Fintech company The Landbanking Group, which strives to put nature on the balance sheet, and fosters the idea of land stewardship.  

Sonja is a prolific author, with multiple publications spanning nature tech, economic development, and science education.