Sophie Beau

Sophie Beau is a French humanitarian. She is the co-founder and general manager of SOS Méditerranée. She lives in Marseille.

Biography Sophie Beau was born in Tours.

Her father, Bertrand, was a doctor and her mother, Christiane, was working in a neighborhood social center. They live in Indre-et-Loire where they have set up a reception group for refugees.

Between 1998 and 2008 she worked for Médecins sans frontières and Médecins du monde, as project manager in the Middle East, the Maghreb, Guinea, Lebanon, Georgia, Palestine, etc. or at the head office, she is particularly involved in fundraising.

In 2020, together with Klaus Vogel, she was recipient of an Aurora Humanitarian award.

In 2023, at a meeting timed during the visit of Pope Francis in Marseille, she said "...Ten years after the shipwreck off Lampedusa, we urgently call for global sea rescue missions and for the recognition of the valuable support of humanitarian Search and Rescue organisations."