Laura Bennett

Head of Enterprise Hub, Royal Academy of Engineering Enterprise Hub

As Head of Enterprise Hub at the Royal Academy of Engineering, Laura has strategic and operational oversight of the Enterprise Hub’s national programmes to support deep tech spinouts (Enterprise Fellowships) and scaleups (Shott Scale Up Accelerator). Before joining RAEng, Laura co-led on an EU-funded ecosystem development project in South Yorkshire which involved embedding and co-designing new accelerator programmes to the region. Laura has 10+ years’ experience of designing and delivering incubation and acceleration programmes for entrepreneurs and has advised senior policymakers on entrepreneurial ecosystem development. Laura holds a PhD in entrepreneurial ecosystem development from the University of Sheffield.