Laurence is a Lead Economist in the economic consulting team in New York. He was previously Director of Policy Research and Economics at Bird, the e-scooter company. He has extensive experience performing economic modeling, research and analysis for private and public organizations and has worked doing economic analysis for litigation consulting at companies in the US and UK.

He has also lectured at the University of Johannesburg, the University of Cape Town, and New York University. He has a PhD in economics from Columbia University.