Laura heads up our events department, and is responsible for everything from marshalling 450 international lawyers around a luxury Singapore hotel and ensuring they have a successful 3-day conference, to choosing whether to start with the artichokes or the smoked salmon. With a background in events and radio, she brings a well balanced mix of creativity, commercialism and good old fashioned common sense to what can be a very demanding role.

Out of the office she's a French-speaking chocolate-loving horsewoman whose gentle manner belies a steely survival instinct that gets her through some heavy physical challenges - most recently a triathlon.