We are a family of four, Tom and Laura born in the UK, Molly and Joanna (aka MoJo) born in the UAE. 

Laura and Tom met in July 2004 working for The Admirable Crichton in London. Within a month Laura had moved to Venice, initially just for a month which extended gradually to a year and a half. Venice continues to be an important place: travelling there in June 2019 for the Biennale (and last trip with Gaga before the Egerton World Tour) and working from November 2021 for My Art Guides. Tom has even been there for a competition with San Pellegrino, cooking on a sailing boat mid-race!

In January 2007 Laura and Tom relocated to Dubai which they called home until July 2019. Their life in Dubai was pretty full on, working long hours, having fun, meeting people, starting new sports (frisbee, dragon boating, unicycling…) and generally making the most of life.

Tom is a chef, just before the Egerton World Tour he left his post as Executive Chef of the Grosvenor House Hotel in Dubai, where he was employed for 12 years. He has cooked for celebrities, on TV and is known affectionately by friends, family and the wider world as ‘Chef Tom’. When not in the kitchen, Tom is often found on his bike or playing his hand pan. 

Laura is an art historian, writer and commentator on the contemporary art world. Part of the initial organising team of the art fair Art Dubai, she has been working within the UAE arts community for 12 years, managing exhibitions, writing for publications, leading guided tours and planning symposiums. When not in Alserkal Avenue she can be found on a dragon boat or sipping a flat white. 

Molly (age 6) is a girl who is finding the balance between being serious and silly, who loves a cheeky selfie, is fearless on rollercoasters, swims like a fish, sings her heart out at any given opportunity and is the best older sister to the Jo in MoJo.

Joanna (age 4) is short of hair but more than makes up for it with her quirky sense of humour and fun-loving personality. Usually found curled up in the corner with a book or painting a picture, she also loves a good dance and trying new types of food (everything is either yummy or yuck).