Laura Aldington

In a career spanning over 20 years, Laura has worked in the UK, USA and Australia with some of the world’s most famous brands. She joined Host in 2006 as the Head of Account Management before relocating to New York for a 2-year stint at Anomaly. Laura returned to Host as Managing Director, then CEO before taking the helm of a new venture which brought together Host with Havas Sydney to create one of Australia’s most progressive new agencies. Under her leadership, Host/Havas picked up four Agency of the Year wins in its first year and developed its capability across brand, communications, content, entertainment, innovation, experience design, technology and digital transformation. In 2018/9, the agency was awarded the Australian Grand Effie and a Gold Effie for Long Term Effectiveness, as well as the AdNews Effectiveness Award for its work on Defence Force Recruiting. She was recently recognised in Campaign Asia’s 40 under 40 list as well as AdNews’ Top 10 Industry Leaders in 2018.