Polly Courtice

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rdf:langString Dame Veronica Anne Courtice, DBE, LVO, DL (born June 1952), 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 Anglian Water Services Ltd, a Director of Jupiter Green Investment Trust and a Board Advisor to the British Standards Institute. She serves on the environmental/sustainability advisory boards for AstraZeneca and Nespresso and is a member of the judging panel for the Queen’s Award for Sustainable Development.