Carlo Laurenzi CBE is CEO of the London Wildlife Trust, and former Executive Director of Prisoners Abroad. He has also worked for Lloyds Bank, the London Borough of Islington, and the Open University, and has been Director of Policy and Research at the National Deaf Children’s Society (NDCF) and worked on secondment at the Foreign Office in Consular Services.

Carlo is Hostage UK’s Vice-Chair and works closely with the team in all our aspects of our work, and especially in policy and service provision.

“I helped set up Hostage UK because I saw there was a gap in service provision and a very real need for what we offer. My experiences before Hostage UK showed me that there was no genuine and thought-through support for the families of a hostage victim that put them first. I find the work challenging and immensely rewarding – you can be looking at geopolitics one moment and then individuals’ emotional needs the next.”