— Award-Winning · 15+ Years · Global Brands

Strategy for businesses that want to grow,and the leaders who want to last.

15+Years scaling
global brands
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London · Cape Town

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The TimesForbesWomen's HealthGlamourTechCrunchBusiness Day

— 01 / About

Most growth strategies fail because something underneath is misaligned.

In a business, the misalignment is between the brand and the commercial reality. The brand says one thing. The numbers tell another. Marketing is busy but not compounding. The founder feels the gap before she can name it.

In a leader, it's between the success she has built and the woman she has become inside it. She is competent. She is admired. She is also at a threshold she cannot quite name, where what got her here will not get her where she wants to go next.

These two misalignments look different on the surface. They are the same problem.

I have spent fifteen years working at the layer where this gets fixed.

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SERVICE ONE

FRACTIONALCMO ANDBrand ADVISOR

Senior brand and marketing strategy for businesses that want commercial clarity and elevated brand expression in one partner. Productised 90-day engagements. Built on the Aligned Operating Model.

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SERVICE TWO

SENIORADVISORY ANDCOACHING

Private advisory engagements for women at the threshold of their next chapter. Whether you're stepping out of corporate, evolving the business you've built, or building the life that finally matches your resources. Built on The A.L.I.V.E. Method.

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SERVICE THREE

SPEAKING ANDLeadership PROGRAMS

Keynotes, half-day workshops, and multi-session leadership programs designed to develop and retain high-performing women. Built on The A.L.I.V.E. Method, at organisational scale.

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— 03 / Nice to meet you

Laura Jane Thomas

Hi,I'm laura

For fifteen years I have worked at the intersection of three things most people separate: creative direction, team leadership, and commercial analytics. Brand strategy that actually moves revenue. Creative work that the numbers can defend. Teams that can execute on both.

What I learned the hard way is that any growth without internal alignment isn't sustainable, in business or in life. When the brand, the strategy, and the execution align, businesses last. When the woman, the work, and the life align, she lasts.

Today, that conviction shapes everything I do. I advise founders, CEOs, and senior teams as a Fractional CMO and Brand Advisor. I work privately with ambitious women building what's next. And I built The Aligned Woman Co. to scale the same methodology to women everywhere.

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— 05 / Selected Partners

Some of the clientsI've worked with

HBO
British Airways
Best 10
Mask Group 2
Ubank
Bio Sculpture
The Diamond Channel
MTN MoMo
Barron
Coca-Cola
Oracle
Trova
EY
RockCorps
Dermalogica
Fertily
HBO
British Airways
Best 10
Mask Group 2
Ubank
Bio Sculpture
The Diamond Channel
MTN MoMo
Barron
Coca-Cola
Oracle
Trova
EY
RockCorps
Dermalogica
Fertily

Hundreds of businesses from around the world have trusted me with their brands

Laura has an extraordinary gift for translating messy ideas into clear, compelling vision.

She doesn't just 'get' what's in your head, she elevates it beyond what you thought was possible. Her blend of strategic insight, creative brilliance, and intuition is unmatched. I can't recommend her highly enough.

— Wendy Mahoney | Newmella Holdings

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