Elena Doldor

Senior Lecturer in Organizational Behaviour, Centre for Research in Equality and Diversity, Queen Mary University of London

Elena is a Senior Lecturer in Organizational Behaviour and a researcher at Queen Mary University of London (Centre for Research in Equality and Diversity), and a Visiting Fellow at Cranfield School of Management. Her research examines diversity and leadership, women on corporate boards, the role of headhunters and executive search firms in inclusive board appointments, organizational politics and leadership experiences for men and women, and gender and ethnic differences in career progression patterns. Elena has co-authored the Female FTSE Report for several years, a publication widely used by practitioners and policy-makers. Her previous research was sponsored or endorsed by organizations such as KPMG, Barclays, the Equality and Human Rights Commission, and the Government Equalities Office. Her work was published in several edited books, practitioner reports and academic journals, including the British Journal of Management, the Human Resource Management Journal, and Equality Diversity & Inclusion: An International Journal. Elena is a regular speaker at international academic and practitioner conferences (e.g. IBM Business Connect, European Parliament, Professional Women’s Network). She is a member of the Academy of Management and the British Academy of Management and was a Fulbright scholar at Northwestern University, USA. As a business psychologist, Elena has been involved in diversity management and leadership development programmes. She draws on her research to advise organizations and policy makers on ways of supporting women leaders.