Dr Richard Bolden is a Senior Lecturer in Leadership Studies at the University of Exeter Business School. His research interests include distributed/shared leadership, leadership in higher education, leading professionals, leadership in partnerships and identity processes in leadership development.

He teaches and supervises students on a range of programmes, including the BA in Management and Leadership, One Planet MBA and MA in Leadership and Change.

He has published extensively; is on the editorial board of the journals Leadership and Business Leadership Review; and is co-author of the book Exploring Leadership: Individual, organizational and societal perspectives, published by Oxford University Press in 2011.