Mark F. Laity, born in 1955 in Truro, Cornwall, UK, is a NATO spokesman and former BBC correspondent. He gained a BA(hons) and MA from the University of York. Laity later became a Senior Associate Research Fellow at the Centre for Defence Studies, at King's College London.

From 1989 until 2000, Laity served as a Defence Correspondent. During the first Gulf War in 1990–91, he was based in Saudi Arabia and became a frequent voice on BBC radio.