Pohl attended Cranbrook School and then Royal Holloway, University of London.
In 2006, she became Assistant General Secretary of the Writers' Guild of Great Britain.
She moved to the Musicians' Union in 2009, rising to become National Organiser for Recording and Broadcasting, then Assistant General Secretary for the Music Industry.
[3] In 2022, Pohl was elected as general secretary of the union, the first woman to hold the post.
[1] On election, she described her top priorities as including improving pay, obtaining better royalties for streamed music and tackling sexual harassment within the music industry.