Dame Veronica Anne Courtice, DBE, LVO, DL (born June 1952),[1] known as Polly Courtice, has an MA from the University of Cambridge (1973) and is also a graduate of the University of Cape Town (1978). 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[2] 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 Non-Executive Director of BSI (the British Standards Institute) 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.
Honours
- Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2016 Birthday Honours for services to sustainability leadership.[3]
- Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) in the 2008 Birthday Honours
- Honorary Doctorate, UIS - Arctic University of Norway
- Recipient of the 2015 Stanford Bright Award for Environmental Sustainability
- Lifetime Achievement Award at Ethical Corporation's annual Responsible Business Awards in 2016
- Business Green’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018
References
- ↑ "VERONICA ANNE COURTICE - HUNTINGDON - DIRECTOR, UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INSTITUTE FOR SU". Checkcompany.co.uk. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
- ↑ "Our Director, Polly Courtice LVO — Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership". cisl.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
- ↑ "No. 61608". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 June 2016. p. B8.
External links
- Courtice profile on the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership website. Accessed 25 November 2022.
- "World Business Interview - Polly Courtice", managementtoday.co.uk. Accessed 25 November 2022.
- "Business schools have a key role to play in translating implications of global sustainability", ft.com. Accessed 25 November 2022.