Biography
Laura Jackson is a Partner with the Professional Services firm BDO Northern Ireland, which is a member of the BDO global network of public accounting, tax and advisory firms that provides business advisory services in 167 countries, with 91,000 people working out of 1,658 offices worldwide. She has advised a wide portfolio of clients locally, nationally and internationally across a variety of industry sectors, gaining a breadth of experience in addressing varied accounting- and governance-related issues and establishing a reputation for excellence in the Accountancy profession across the island of Ireland.
Laura is also a non-executive director of ICC Belfast, Waterfront Hall and Ulster Hall Limited, a CBI Regional Council Member and a board member of Queen’s Business School’s International Advisory Board. She has played an active role in promoting Queen’s Management School to prospective students and has directly assisted in developing the academic- and employability-related skills of existing students, with her leadership in establishing a range of initiatives and awards having a significant positive impact. For example, the NI Business Challenge for Schools is designed to facilitate the development of A-level students’ business skills and knowledge in an enjoyable and interactive forum, while the BDO Micéal Murphy Award provides Queen’s Accounting students with valuable internship opportunities. In addition, Laura has provided direction and support to the BSc Accounting programme at Queen’s, including actively promoting Accounting with French to A-level students and facilitating Queen’s Accounting with French students to complete their year abroad at one of BDO’s offices in France.
