Emma Anstead

Emma started out in legal practice, specialising in employment law, advising both employers and employees and, in 2006, became a Partner and Head of Employment Law at a commercial firm based in Edinburgh.  Emma continued to work as an employment lawyer in Aberdeen before moving with her family to Houston, Texas, where she qualified as a mediator and worked at the Conflict Resolution Centre in Montgomery County. She also helped to run the TEDEd Club which organised the first TEDx event held at the British International School of Houston. Since her return to Scotland in 2020, Emma has volunteered for the Edinburgh Sheriff Court Mediation Panel and registered with Scottish Mediation. She was formally accredited as a mediator in Scotland in 2021. Emma is the administrator of the Mediators’ Green Pledge and currently works with Core Solutions as an Associate.