Laura Wade-Gery

Laura Wade-Gery joined the NHS England Board on 6 November 2020, after serving as a non-executive director on the NHS Improvement board from August 2018 to end of October 2022.

Laura is a Non-Executive Director of NHS England as well as Chair of the People and Transition Committee. She is Chair of Moorfields Eye Hospital, and was former Chair of the NHS Digital Board.

Laura has over 20 years’ business experience having worked for several large businesses, including Marks and Spencer Group and Tesco. She joined Marks and Spencer Group in 2011 and was Executive Director, Multi-Channel, responsible for stores and online until 2016. She was Chief Executive Officer of Tesco.com from 2003 to 2011, and previously held several senior roles at Tesco, having joined them in 1997.

Laura is currently a Non-Executive Director of British Land PLC (and Chair of their Remuneration Committee) and of Legal and General Group. She is a trustee of Britten Pears Arts. She was an advisor to the Government Digital Service from 2012 to 2016 and a Non-Executive Director of the John Lewis Partnership from 2017 to April 2021.