Polly Courtice

Dame Veronica Anne Courtice, DBE, LVO (born June 1952),[1] known as Polly Courtice, is Founder Director of the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership[2] at the University of Cambridge. Courtice has an MA from the University of Cambridge and is a graduate of the University of Cape Town.

Courtice is also Founder Director of The Prince of Wales's Business & Sustainability Programme, and Academic Director of the University’s Master of Studies in Sustainability Leadership. She is Chair of the Faculty Board of Engineering and a member of the University’s Environmental Sustainability Strategy Committee. She is a By-Fellow of Churchill College and an Honorary Fellow of Murray Edwards College, Cambridge. She is a member of the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Independent Commission on Climate, and a Trustee of Cambridge Past, Present and Future. She is a Director of Jupiter Green Investment Trust and a Non-Executive Director of Anglian Water Services Ltd. She is a Board Advisor to the British Standards Institute and serves on the environmental/sustainability advisory boards for AstraZeneca and Nespresso. She is a member of the judging panel for the Queen’s Award for Sustainable Development,