Laurence is Head of Process Safety for Origin Energy in Australia. She has a Master of Engineering in Risk Prevention from the French engineering school ESAIP, and a Master of Engineering in Chemical Sciences from the University of Queensland. She is a Fellow Engineer and Chartered Professional Engineer with Engineers Australia, Registered Professional Engineer QLD, Associate member of IChemE, Functional Safety Engineer (TUV certified) and Justice of the Peace (Qual). She specializes in operations, process engineering and process safety engineering with 20 years of experience leading technical teams and programs across Europe and Pacific.