Laura is a qualified lawyer who transitioned to roles in people, culture, facilitation, development and sport integrity. She is now regarded as a leader in these areas in Australian sport. Having established her own People, Integrity and Culture Consulting business in early 2019 – predominantly to sport - Laura loves sport and its ability to influence our community. With a pragmatic and agile approach, Laura facilitates and influences positive outcomes for her clients. She is passionate about the values, integrity, culture, reputation and results for the organisations she works with.

 

Laura worked at Swimming Australia from 2015 - 2019 as GM - Culture & Performance.  Her role also headed the Integrity function for the sport during that time. Prior to that, Laura held People & Culture, Organisational Development, HR and Learning & Development roles in the corporate and professional services industries.

 

Laura is a change leader and an experienced facilitator of Board and Executive Strategy Days, as well as educational, leadership, and team workshops. She's ac coach to CEO level for both assisting to get the next great opportunity, as well as succeeded IN that opportunity. She has an innate ability to engage with people from grassroots sport to sporting Boardrooms. You can also rely on Laura to guide you through the most challenging people leadership to crisis management issues.

 

In addition to running her consulting business, Laura is a Co-Founder of:

• Athletes for Hope Australia – the expansion of an established US not-for-profit focused on inspiring and supporting Australian athletes to give back to the community - see https://www.athletesforhope.org.au ; and

• Sport Huddle - connecting with sports with sport industry experts and service providers to save sports time and money - see https://sporthuddle.co