With a clinical degree and current working registration as a physiotherapist, a Post Graduate Certificate in Professional Coaching, and 30 years’ experience leading and delivering excellence in a range of public, private and charitable settings, Laura is passionate about people.

 Her current role is Assistant Director at Leicester Diabetes Centre, a world-renowned centre which is a collaboration between University of Leicester and based in University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust.  Here she leads the multi award winning teams of Eden HCP and the DESMOND and implementation Self management education teams, and has a focus on Integration,  research, innovation and education.  Laura leads the delivery of the DUK Discovering leadership programme nationally.

 Spanning a diverse breadth of roles and organisational settings, with public and commercial expertise, Laura brings many years’ experience in corporate training and development; coupled with the compassionate leadership lens of a clinician. Put simply, she is passionate about patients and people, supporting and challenging them to maximise their individual and collective performance. She believes in strong values-based leadership to enable change and growth.