Lara Newman MBE
Chief ExecutiveLara has over 25 years' experience in property and development. Having worked with many of the UK’s biggest landowners, agents and developers, Lara has held a number of strategic leadership and board positions.
Her experience of property deals and complex capital investment projects for social infrastructure underpinned her determination to bring commercial insight and rigour to estates efficiency, acquisitions, disposals and developments in education. Lara’s vision for LocatED has brought together a team of experts able to bring both experience and pace to all kinds of government estate property programmes.
Lara is also Senior Sponsor for the Government Property D&I Shadow Board and cares passionately about increasing diversity in the profession.
Having been the first in her family to go to university, social mobility is very important to her: she works effectively both inside and out of LocatED to ensure all those from different backgrounds, with and without protected characteristics, know what a fulfilling and interesting career in all sectors could look like, and are provided with great opportunities.