Sophie Otiende is the Chief Executive Officer of the Global Fund to End Modern Slavery and the founder of Azadi, a survivor-led initiative in Kenya. She is a survivor leader and has worked in the anti-trafficking area for the past nine years. She is a 2015 Vital Voices Fellow and the recipient of the US Trafficking in Persons Report Hero 2020. She previously worked as the Regional Operations Manager (Africa) at Liberty Shared, and later as the Director of Consulting for Survivor Alliance. She has also served as a member of the Board of Directors for the Global Fund to End Modern Slavery (GFEMS). Sophie has a Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.), Business Administration from Kenyatta University, Kenya.