Programme Director, Unlocked Graduates

Policy Fellow Alumna, Centre for Science and Policy

Laura joined Unlocked in 2024 and, as Programme Director, oversees our largest team. She is responsible for every aspect of our participants’ journey – from the start of their initial training, through a two-year leadership development programme, and as they begin to take the next steps in their careers as Unlocked Ambassadors.

Before Unlocked, Laura held various senior roles in the criminal justice system and Government, focused on innovative and evidence-based policy design and delivery including at the Home Office, running the What Works Team in the Prime Minister’s Implementation Unit, leading the Strategy unit in the Youth Justice Board and a stint at the UN. She has also served as a trustee to several charities including the Stephen Lawrence Trust and the Griffins Society. Most recently, she was the Head of the Serious Violence Reduction Unit at the Home Office with oversight of Government policy and programmes to tackle serious violence and homicide.