Laura is Chief Executive of Big Difference Company, the charity that produces Leicester Comedy Festival, and has a background in arts marketing.

Laura graduated from University of Kent in Drama and History and after graduating spent a year teaching English in Sicily. Following five years in freight and logistics, Laura returned to the arts to work in the marketing department of the Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse. In 2010 she moved to London and worked on contract for a range of arts and cultural organisations including the National Theatre, Royal Opera House, Almeida Theatre, Rich Mix, and the British Library. Following a return to the North West as Head of Marketing at the Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse and Director of Marketing and Communications at the Royal Exchange, Manchester, she led the touring Opera company OperaUpClose as Chief Executive before joining Big Difference in September this year.