Laura Wright

Laura is an adviser and consultant in strategic communications, media and government affairs. She has extensive experience of media engagement, including multi-media campaigns, reputation strategy and dealing with crisis.

Until July 2024 she was Special Adviser to the UK Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology in charge of strategic communications for the Department. When in government Laura was part of the core team that organised the world’s first Artificial Intelligence Safety Summit.

She worked on the UK’s re-association to Horizon Europe and secured parliamentary support for the Online Safety Act. Laura started her career at Bloomberg where she built first class professional experience as a reporter across print, broadcast and digital media covering the performance of financial markets, global political events and the technology sector.