ABOUT ALDERMAN PROFESSOR
EMMA EDHEM
Emma is a Barrister, Master of the Bench and Distinguished Barrister of The Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn, practicing from No5 Chambers. She has over 30 years of extensive City practice spanning a legal career in fields of International Cross Border Disputes, Fraud and Corruption (both Industry and Western Politics), General Geopolitics, Geopolitical Energy, Geopolitical Space, State Immunity, Cyber and Commerce.
Emma’s expertise made her a recognised figure in strengthening economic relations internationally. She was the first woman to take the helm as Chairman of the Turkish British Chamber of Commerce and Industry, working closely with the British Embassy and Consulate, along with assisting in setting up other international trade bodies. Through this work Emma is frequently called to advise governments of other jurisdictions through diplomatic engagement, convening and strengthening governance to attract more Foreign Direct Investment.
She contributes to academia through various universities, Cambridge Mensa as speaker, the Worshipful Company of Educators, and her role as a double Professor in Practice at Durham University, in both the Space Research Centre as Professor of Space Economy, Technology and Innovation, and the department of Economics. She is on the Strategic Advisory Board of a Satellite and Internet of Things Real Time Data Integration company, Space Aye, and holds other board and trustee positions.
Emma is the Lord Mayor’s Aldermanic Envoy for Space Technology and Innovation and is working on finding solutions which could help pave the way for the emergence of a Space Economy within the private sector. She sits on the Board of the Police Authority and Economic and Cyber Crime Board and was previously the lead SIA on Police Tactical and Strategic Firearms.
Further details of Emma's work and that of the Court of Alderman can be found here.
Emma is the fifth woman, fourth ethnic minority, second mother, and one of the first few social mobile people to have held the Office of Alderman.
