Polly Courtice


Dame Veronica Anne Courtice, DBE, LVO, DL, born June 1952 in Johannesburg, known as Polly Courtice, has an MA from the University of Cambridge and is also a graduate of the University of Cape Town. She is a Fellow of Churchill College and an Honorary Fellow of Murray Edwards College, Cambridge.
She was Founder Director of the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership at the University of Cambridge until April 2021. She was the Founder Director of The Prince of Wales's Business & Sustainability Programme, and Academic Director of Cambridge University's Master of Studies in Sustainability Leadership.
She is a Deputy Lieutenant for Cambridgeshire, a member of the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Independent Commission on Climate, and a Trustee of Cambridge Past, Present and Future. She is a Non-Executive Director of BSI and a Member of the Supervisory Board of Mercedes Benz Group AG. She is a member of the judging panel for the Queen’s Award for Sustainable Development and a Sustainability Advisor to Terra Firma Capital Management Ltd.

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