Éamonn Toland grew up in Ireland before reading Modern History and Economics at St Hugh’s College, Oxford, where he held a Lawlor Foundation Scholarship. After graduation, he worked as a management consultant with Accenture and McKinsey & Co., and as an entrepreneur and business executive. In addition to being a media spokesman for Accenture, he has written articles for the London Times and Daily Telegraph, appeared in television shows and documentaries, and been a key speaker at numerous conferences. Together with his wife and son, he divides his time between Dublin, London and New York. The Pursuit of Kindness is his first book.