Executive Director, Membership and Engagement, Philanthropy Australia
Laura Cochrane is executive director, membership and engagement at Philanthropy Australia.
She has more than 20 years’ experience across philanthropy, corporate affairs and journalism. She was previously chief executive of the Bennelong Foundation, where she led giving in Australia and the UK focused on creating education and employment pathways, and head of foundation and strategic giving at National Australia Bank (NAB), overseeing The NAB Foundation, community partnerships and workplace giving.
Laura has also held senior corporate affairs roles at NAB and at Royal Bank of Scotland in London. She started her career as a journalist, reporting for Bloomberg News, Euromoney Institutional Investor and The Weekly Times. Laura is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and holds a Bachelor of Communications from RMIT University. She volunteers on advisory committees for non-profits focused on disaster resilience and refugee mobility.
