Laura Eden

Laura Eden is a skilled public servant currently serving as the Deputy Director of the Policy Response and Resilience Unit at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs since 2024. They previously held several key positions, including the Head of the Private Office of the Chair and Chief Executive at the Food Standards Agency and the Head of the Chief Scientific Adviser's Private Office at Defra. Additionally, Laura worked as the Head of Policy for EU Research and Innovation Programmes at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy from 2018 to 2020, and has been serving as the Deputy Director for the Covid Inquiry and Transparency at the Government Office for Science since 2022. They earned a Bachelor of Science in Biology from the University of Southampton and a Master of Science in Plant Sciences from the University of Reading.