Marie-Laure is a senior strategist and executive director with the Business Strategy team of Strategic Advisory Solutions based in London. Prior to joining Goldman Sachs, Marie-Laure ran her own marketing and business development consultancy firm in London. Marie-Laure is an accomplished financial professional with over 20 years’ experience in financial markets gained in front line business development roles including cross-border sales. During her career, she gained an international and multi-cultural experience having worked in Europe, Asia and the US with firms such as UBS, Citibank and Morgan Stanley. She subsequently joined Iveagh, the Guinness family office as head of sales and investor relations where she developed a distribution and marketing strategy for the Iveagh Wealth Fund. During that time Marie-Laure also qualified as an Executive Coach. Marie-Laure holds a Masters in Business and Languages from the University of Strasbourg in France, BA in Business Studies from Hallamshire University in the UK and a Diploma in Executive coaching from the Academy of Executive Coaching in London. Marie-Laure is a certified and accredited coach with the International Coach Federation.