Lara Boro

Lara Boro was born in Dubrovnik, Croatia, to a Lebanese father and a Croatian-Austrian mother. She grew up in Lebanon until the war of 1975 when she moved to the former Yugoslavia and later to the UK.^[1] She attended the Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle and later studied economics and business at UCLA. She also earned an MBA at INSEAD in France.^[1]

Boro began her career at Mondex International where she worked in commercial development. She went on to work for the Financial Times where she became head of e-commerce in 1999, spending four years with the publication.^[1] She also spent time with CPA Global where she held positions in strategy, Mergers and acquisitions, and commercial development.^[2] She also served as the CEO of the international division of Ascential plc prior to moving on to Informa.^[1][3]

Boro joined Informa plc in 2014 where she was strategy director for the B2B division of the company.^[1] She later became divisional CEO where she was head of the Group’s data and information businesses.^[4][5]

In 2019, Boro left Informa to become the CEO of The Economist Group.^[6][7] At The Economist Group, Boro oversaw The Economist's transition from print into a primarily digital publication.^[8] She also oversaw the launch of the Economist Impact in 2021, an initiative that brought together The Economist Group’s policy research, sponsored content, advertising and events under one brand.^[9] In 2022, she became an advisory board member at MIT Technology Review^[10] and joined the advisory board of Hakluyt & Company in 2026.^[11]

Boro is married, lives in London and has two children.^[1]