Laura joined Lloyds Banking Group in September 2022 as Group Chief Internal Auditor.

Before joining Lloyds Banking Group, Laura spent 22 years at PwC in a number of roles, predominantly in the UK, but also spent time in Sydney and New York. Laura’s expertise is in risk, governance and control and at PwC, Laura was both an external audit and internal audit partner working with most major banks in the UK.

In her career she has held several people leadership roles, including being the head of people for the banking audit practice and the Firm gender balance network sponsor. Laura is passionate about talent development, diversity and inclusion and has led on cultural change programmes to improve employee engagement.