Laurence Newman Laurence Newman spent 20 years at the London office of international accountants and consultants KPMG, where among other leadership roles he was the partner leading KPMG’s work in leisure and tourism. He was a KPMG partner for 13 years. Since leaving KPMG Laurence has been appointed to a number of Chair and Non-Executive Director positions. He was a Board member and then Chairman of Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust between 2009 and 2019. The Trust is a large (£600 million turnover) acute hospital trust employing more than 6,000 people and running two general hospitals, a children’s hospital and community services. During his time as Chairman, the Trust achieved a ‘Good’ rating from the Care Quality Commission and was awarded £500 million by the Government to build a brand new state of the art acute hospital facility.Laurence is currently the Chairman of Grove End Housing Ltd which owns two large mansion flat buildings in St John’s Wood, London, containing more than 400 apartments.Laurence was a member of the Advisory Board of the Foundation, a consulting firm, for several years and was also a Trustee of Comic Relief, and subsequently a member of their Investment Committee, for 25 years between 1997 and 2022.