Laura has a PhD in Business Administration from IE University (2023) and is the Associate Director of the DKV-IE Chair on Employee Health and Well-being. She holds a master’s in Research Methodology in Management Science from IE University and a degree in Business Administration and Law from Francisco de Vitoria University.

Her research focuses on the corporate governance of listed family-owned companies and how investors perceive their decision-making processes. She has participated in major international academic conferences, such as the Academy of Management (AOM) and the Strategic Management Society (SMS), and her research was nominated for the Best Paper Prize at the latter.

She teaches Family Business at undergraduate level at IE University and directs the final projects in this field. Prior to joining IE University, she worked as a lawyer in the legal department at Deloitte.