Elisabeth Kelan, professor of leadership, director of the global centre for gender and leadership, Cranfield School of Management

Kelan's award-winning research focuses on gender and leadership, generations in organisations, leadership, and diversity and inclusion

She has published two books (Rising Stars – Developing Millennial Women as Leaders and Performing Gender) and numerous peer-reviewed articles in academic journals and practitioner reports.

She is the series editor for the Routledge Studies in Gender and Organizations book series; an associate editor of the journal Gender, Work and Organization; and she is on the editorial boards of the British Journal of Management, Gender in Management and Management Learning. She sits on the advisory board of the Women’s Empowerment Principles, a partnership initiative of UN Women and the UN Global Compact and was a British Academy mid-career fellow.

She has provided thought leadership to businesses and international organisations and her research is regularly reported in the media. Kelan held appointments at King's College London, London Business School, the London School of Economics and Political Science, and Zurich University. She holds a PhD from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

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