Laura Sanderson
Laura works to build boards that can guide companies effectively as they adapt and respond to a rapidly changing world, in ways that will deliver value sustainably to all stakeholders.
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Laura Sanderson advises companies on key appointments to shape their future. She has now been responsible for more than 300 appointments to the boards of FTSE 100, FTSE 250, private, mutual and family-owned firms. Based in London, Laura leads Russell Reynolds Associates’ operations in the UK and oversees the firm’s Board & CEO Advisory Partners team throughout Europe. She has more than 20 years of experience identifying and recruiting leading executives to serve on boards. She conducts a broad range of Chairman and Non-Executive Director assignments and also advises on CEO appointments in her areas of expertise.
Laura joined Russell Reynolds Associates when The Zygos Partnership became a part of the company. She joined The Zygos Partnership shortly after the business launched, later becoming a partner at the firm. There she focused on leading client assignments in financial services and other regulated industries. Earlier in her career she worked at a boutique executive search and consultancy firm, providing company chairmen with strategic advice on a range of issues, including corporate governance.
"I come from a family of gardeners. Beth Chatto, a great English gardener, had a saying: “Right plant, right place.” A prime specimen rose, planted in the wrong place, won’t thrive. The same is true in our business, and the art of what we do lies in knowing exactly how to get the planting scheme right so the result flourishes (rather than the alternative of becoming an ugly mess!)"
Laura received her MA in English and her MPhil in medieval and renaissance literature, together with three scholarships, from Trinity College, Cambridge University. She became a Fellow of Winchester College in 2020.
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