Laura Gillions

Laura is passionate about global sustainability and working with ambitious companies to help them drive rapid growth. Her environmental career started in 2000, from then she has worked in marketing and business development roles for different Government departments including the MOD, BEIS and the FCO.

She returned from her last diplomatic posting in Johannesburg to the UK in 2011 and joined resource management leader Veolia as a senior marketing analyst, subsequently becoming Head of Corporate Responsibility seven years later after managing both the industrial marketing and sustainability teams. In 2016, Veolia was recognised as a leader in environmental and social responsibility by winning the Responsible Business of the Year Award 2016, Business in the Community’s flagship award.

Laura joined Carbon Clean in 2020 and as a member of the leadership team is responsible for providing strategic direction and engaging thought leadership, resulting in high quality opportunities assisting the company’s ambition to decarbonise over a billion tonnes of CO2 per year.

The company was awarded a ‘Technology Pioneer’ award by the World Economic Forum and most recently selected as one of Cemex Ventures Top50 ConTech startups and named a 2021 Global Cleantech 100 company.