Professor Linda O'Riordan is a reflective practitioner with a doctorate from the University of Bradford in the UK. Her research interest lies in stakeholder management and responsible entrepreneurship focusing on sustainable approaches for business in society. Her academic activities include lecturing on Business Studies and International Management at leading Universities, and she is the Director of a Research Competence Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility at the FOM University of Applied Sciences in Germany. Her work has appeared in internationally renowned research publications and she is the author, editor, and reviewer of various academic books and peer-reviewed journals. Her latest highly acclaimed book is Managing Sustainable Stakeholder Relationships: Corporate Approaches to Responsible Management. Before becoming an academic, she gained business and consultancy experience from working in industry. Some of her former employers include Accenture, UCB-Schwarz Pharma, and the Government of Ireland (Irish Food Board/Bord Bia).
