Based in Dubai since 2002, Imelda Dunlop has created and managed a number of entrepreneurial ventures. She has also worked as a consultant, project manager and trainer specialising in regional strategy and corporate responsibility. In addition, she has represented the Prince of Wales International Business Leaders Forum (IBLF) and led their programmes in the Middle East. She researched and authored the IBLF regional publication Business and Youth in the Arab World — a sourcebook of good practices for business engagement in youth employment, skills development and entrepreneurship.
She is a former director of the World Economic Forum in Geneva, Switzerland, where she worked with business executives to progress issues of social importance and business relevance with government, civil society and academia. During this time she designed, launched and directed successful partnership programmes and built networks in areas of health, trade, consumer issues and corporate responsibility.
She spent a significant portion of her career at Monitor Company, a leading global corporate strategy consulting firm, advising clients mainly in UK, Germany, France and South Africa. She also worked early on in her career at Unilever as an engineer and project manager. During that time, she managed health, safety and environmental control projects for manufacturing sites around the world.