Dr Linda Spedding, London

Dr Linda Spedding holds an LL.B. (Hons), LL.M., Ph.D. She is a Solicitor (England & Wales), and Advocate (India) and an Attorney (USA). Having worked with international law firms, she set up her own practice and remains a consultant to law firms and institutions. Dr. Spedding has authored many articles for professional journals on risk management and doing business overseas, as well as several books for a professional and business audience, including Due Diligence and Corporate Governance. Most recently her book Business Risk Management: A Sustainable Approach is due to be published by Elsevier this summer. She has been and is - an international advisor to many commercial and professional bodies both in the private and public sector, including SERM and EFR. She serves on several committees, including the SCI Business Strategy Committee and India Task Force. Dr Spedding is International Sustainability Advisor to the CII and to TERI in India and is as an International Consultant Advisor with the Metropolitan Police Service at New Scotland Yard in the area of economic crime in source countries in the SAARC region, including India. She is well known for her contribution to the global environmental and energy debates