Laura Sanderson is a Managing Director of Russell Reynolds Associates, the international executive search firm. Laura specialises in advising on the appointment of chairs, chief executives and non-executive directors to the boards of large companies, both publicly listed and privately owned. She has particular interest and expertise in a range of topics related to leadership: effective governance, individual performance and development, and remuneration structures.

Laura graduated and subsequently achieved her second degree in medieval and renaissance literature at the University of Cambridge. She was a Senior Scholar of Trinity College, and was also awarded a scholarship by the Modern Humanities and Research Association.