Lauren Pett
CEO
After almost five years supporting growth and diversification as COO, Lauren became the CEO of Agulhas in January 2023. She continues to shape the strategic direction of the company having played a pivotal role in transferring the company to the employee ownership model in 2020. In her new role, she is responsible for leading Agulhas, including overseeing several of the company’s project portfolios, managing risk and ultimately supporting the Agulhas team to deliver high quality work to address the challenges of climate, crisis and conflict. Lauren is an active supporter of the LGBTQ+ community and has a fundamental commitment to fairness, equality and diversity in all her work.
Key work skills
She has expertise in risk analysis, security management, strategic planning and change management, with keen thematic interests in countering violent extremism, conspiracy theory and humanitarian action.
Other interests
Lauren aims for a balanced lifestyle outside work, focusing on fitness and wellbeing as well as the consumption of excellent food and fine wine. She is a believer in finding new challenges, and recently started learning how to surf, as well as taking lessons improve to her French language skills.
