Experience

Financial Times

• United Kingdom
• Newspaper Publishing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Global Commercial Consultant

  • Jun 2015 - Present

  Working closely with FT Live - the events and conferences arm of the FT - to identify new sponsors and partners for their global event and conference portfolio. Currently working on the Moral Money Summits in EMEA, APAC, US & Africa for 2024 https://moralmoneyeurope.live.ft.com/ https://moralmoneyasia.live.ft.com/ https://moralmoneyamericas.live.ft.com/ https://moralmoneyafrica.live.ft.com/ As well as the Outstanding Directors' Exchange 2024: https://odx.live.ft.com/ https://live.ft.com/ Show less



Eurasia Partners Limited

• United Kingdom
• Advertising Services

• Founder & CEO

  • Dec 2014 - Present

  An independent global media agent. If you are in need of resources to assist in increasing revenue on your portfolio, please contact me on +44 7423 629927 or at lj@eurasiapartners.net for a confidential discussion. An independent global media agent. If you are in need of resources to assist in increasing revenue on your portfolio, please contact me on +44 7423 629927 or at lj@eurasiapartners.net for a confidential discussion.



Institute of Directors

• South Africa
• Professional Training and Coaching
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Member

  • Jan 2015 - Jan 2016

  The IoD London region is the largest IoD region with the committee representing over 6,000 business leaders in the capital. The IoD London region is the largest IoD region with the committee representing over 6,000 business leaders in the capital.



South China Morning Post

• Hong Kong
• Newspaper Publishing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Head of Events & Conferences

  • Sep 2013 - Aug 2014

  Leveraging on SCMP Group Limited's diverse range of products, Laurence managed a highly dedicated conference programming, marketing, logistics and sales team to stage a series of world-class events in Hong Kong, China and Macau. He continued to build relationships with business leaders from all sectors of industry, as well as government officials at the highest level. Furthermore, he had ultimate responsibility for revenue projection and growth for the newly created events and conferences division. SCMP Group Limited is the leading newspaper and magazine publisher in Asia. Its flagship publication, South China Morning Post, is Hong Kong's internationally recognised English language newspaper and has the city's most affluent and influential readership. Show less



The Economist

• Business Content

• Business Director, Hong Kong, China, Korea & SE Asia

  • Jan 2010 - Sep 2013

  Managing all Economist Conferences sponsorship sales for China, Hong Kong, Korea & SE Asia. Instrumental as part of the team that won "Best China Conference" at the Asian Conference & Awards Ceremony, Singapore, March 2012. Further offering Economist integrated packages to clients online on economist.com, digital, through print advertising and thought leadership platforms across the region and globally. Average size of sponsorship deals USD 80k+ Managing all Economist Conferences sponsorship sales for China, Hong Kong, Korea & SE Asia. Instrumental as part of the team that won "Best China Conference" at the Asian Conference & Awards Ceremony, Singapore, March 2012. Further offering Economist integrated packages to clients online on economist.com, digital, through print advertising and thought leadership platforms across the region and globally. Average size of sponsorship deals USD 80k+



Euromoney

• United Kingdom
• Information Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Conference Director, Asia Pacific

  • Jan 2006 - Dec 2009

  His last position involved managing capital markets and investment conferences mainly within Asia Pacific. This included overseeing the programming, logistics, delegate acquisition, marketing and sales of each event. Laurence has a particular focus on emerging markets, eg. Mongolia, China, India, Indonesia, Korea, Kazakhstan, Vietnam, Malaysia and Bangladesh. This involves liaising with different Asian governments to identify key areas of growth in an economy, with the ultimate goal of creating a platform for officials, investors and industry speakers to network over the course of 1 to 2 days within the specific country, or even in a roadshow format in other global financial centres, eg. New York, London or Hong Kong. He has already created successful annual events in a number of the markets mentioned above and worked closely with major financial institutions and institutional investors. Show less



Key Media

• United States
• Online Media

• Sales Manager

  • Oct 2001 - Dec 2005

  Laurence managed all legal products' sales, including Asian Legal Business (ALB) magazine, law awards and in house legal summits. He worked on ALB since its inception, and raised it to the level of becoming a household name within the legal profession, simultaneously achieving month on month consecutive sales growth. This success created a knock-on effect for the law awards and in-house legal summits which became individual revenue products in their own right. Laurence managed all legal products' sales, including Asian Legal Business (ALB) magazine, law awards and in house legal summits. He worked on ALB since its inception, and raised it to the level of becoming a household name within the legal profession, simultaneously achieving month on month consecutive sales growth. This success created a knock-on effect for the law awards and in-house legal summits which became individual revenue products in their own right.



Turner Broadcasting

• United States
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 700 & Above Employee

• Account Manager, Asia Pacific

  • 2000 - 2001

  He managed sales for Turner Trade Group, Asia Pacific - a subsidiary of Time Warner, representing CNN and Cartoon Network. Sales were offered to TV advertisers on a part cash-part trade basis on all Time Warner networks. The trade (advertiser's products or services) value was then remarketed to Time Warner employees worldwide at a discounted rate through the intranet. One of Laurence's major achievements was a US$ 550,000 deal with Hyundai, of which half was sold in cash, the other half in trade. The trade value equivalent of 14 brand new cars was then remarketed to Time Warner employees. Show less