Highly regarded businesswoman, Laurel Powers-Freeling is best known for being at the forefront of some of the biggest financial companies in recent times. She is the current Chairman at Uber UK, and has held non-executive roles with the ability to build and turnaround situations, both within major institutions and in privately held companies.
With an impressive list of experience in her industry, Laurel has had the opportunity to work for companies that include Morgan Stanley, Lloyds Bank, Marks and Spencer, Amreican Express, The Bank of Ireland, Atom Bank and The Bank of England. As result of this, she developed unmatched insight and skills in her sector, with a particular focus on areas that revolve around banking and insurance, wealth management and consumer finance.
Initially starting her career at Price Waterhouse New York and Boston as a part-time management consultant, it wasnt until she started working in the Financial Services Department of McKinsey & Company that Laurel began to grow her knowledge and skills in the financial industry.
A regular at speaker events, corporate conferences and summits, Laurel is an incredibly popular and well respected individual that has facilitated, hosted and spoken all around the world. During her fascinating and highly professional talks, Laurel is known to draw from her extensive experience in finance by discussing points that refer to financial services, new financial product business design and delivery, big data, analytics, the health sector, banking, consumer research and trends and wealth management.
