Dr Grace Lordan
Lead of the Inclusion Initiative Expert Hub
Grace Lordan is the Founding Director of The Inclusion Initiative and an Associate Professor in Behavioural Science at the LSE. Grace is an economist and her research is focused on quantifying the benefits of inclusion within and across firms, as well as designing interventions that level the playing field for under-represented talent within firms.
Grace served as an expert advisor to the UK government sitting on their skills and productivity board, is currently a member of the UK government’s BEIS social mobility taskforce and is on the Women in Finance Charter’s advisory board. She currently leads the £2 million ESRC-funded diversity and productivity from education to work (DAPEW) project.
Her academic writings have been published in top international journals and she has written for the Financial Times, Fortune, Fast Company, MIT Sloan Management Review, Reuters and Harvard Business Review. Grace is a regular speaker and advisor to blue chip finance and technology firms. Think Big, Take Small Steps and Build the Future you Want, is her first book.