Derek George Henry Laud FRSA (born 9 August 1964) is the Chairman of the Foundation Board of Lucy Cavendish College at the University of Cambridge, and the first elected male Hon. Fellow in the history of the college. He also chairs the North American Committee of Lucy Cavendish College. He is a former Chairman of One Stop Car shop PLC and chaired the Board of Ravenstone House Group of Schools in the UK. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Laud is Visiting Professor at London South Bank University in the Faculty of Law and Political Science. He is a former British lobbyist, and specialist in financial services sector and regulatory matters, and was one time adviser to all five of the main UK financial regulators, including FIMBRA, LAUTRO, IMRO and the SIB. All these regulator