Grace Lordan

Dr Grace Lordan is the author of Think Big, the Founding Director of The Inclusion Initiative at the London School of Economics and an Associate Professor at the London School of Economics.

Grace is an economist, and is an expert on the determinants of individual success, labour markets and skills, the future of work and creating inclusive leaders. Her research is focused on measuring 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 is an expert advisor to the UK government sitting on their skills and productivity board, is a member of the UK government’s BEIS social mobility taskforce and is on the Women in Finance Charter’s advisory board.  

Her academic writings have been published in top international journals and she has written for the Financial Times 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.

Expertise Details

• Decision making; Experimental Leadership; Career Success; Inclusion; Unconscious Bias; Behavioural science; Gender equality; Future of work; Labor economics

Education

• Trinity College Dublin