Wendy Loretto

• Chair, AMBA & BGA
• Associate Editor of Employee Relations
• Trustee, Society for the Advancement of Management Studies (SAMS)
• Co-convenor, University of Edinburgh Gender Equality Committee and member Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee
• REF Director (UoA Co-ordinator), Business and Economics
• External advisor to King's Business School, Corvinus University and University of St Andrews Business School
• Hononary Professor, University of St Andrews

BCom (Edinburgh); PhD (Edinburgh).

After graduating, employed as a commercial manager with Marks and Spencer plc. Worked for three years in University of Edinburgh Alcohol Research Group, prepared a PhD which investigated social and cultural aspects of illicit and licit drug use amongst young people.

Carried out a series of management roles at UEBS -  most recently Dean (2016-2024)

Wendy's main research field is age and employment, with a particular focus on changes in employees’ and employers’ attitudes and practices in extending working lives. She is especially interested in the ways in which gender, health and age interact to affect work and retirement experiences amongst mid-later life men and women.

Recent projects include a 5-country study examining the ways in which national and organisational policies intersect with individual circumstances to affect decisions around extension of working life, and the UKRI-funded project, Supporting Healthy Ageing at Work (SHAW).

Currently working on developing an AI-enabled app, era (https://era-app.org/) to better support workplace health needs of mid-later life workers.

Part of impactful and interrelated strands of research in Organisation Studies, Wendy Loretto, Belinda Steffan and Jakov Jandric undertake research that addresses age discrimination and creating age-inclusive work environments.