Ena Inesi

Professor Ena Inesi's research focuses on power and how it affects relationships and decision-making. Her work examines the psychology of power, decision-making, and objectification. Her research has been presented at the most respected conferences in her field and published in leading journals. The popular press has also featured her research, including The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Slate.com, and U.S. News & World Report.

Ena has taught across the degree programme portfolio at London Business School and currently teaches the core OB class to the MBAs. In Executive Education, she is the Academic Director of Next-Level Leadership (an open programme on leadership for people with 10+ years of management experience). She has taught for many custom clients, including Nestlé, Saudi Aramco, Siam Cement Group and ZEISS.

She has been at London Business School since 2007. Her education includes a BSc in Civil Engineering (magna cum laude) from Duke University and a PhD in Organisational Behaviour from the Stanford Graduate School of Business at Stanford University. Before earning her PhD, Ena worked as a consultant at Bain & Company in Atlanta, Georgia and Rome, Italy. She was also part of the founding team of Velodea Srl – a website start-up in Milan, Italy – where she worked as a consultant and project manager.