Dr Catherine Tilley is Reader in Business Ethics & Sustainability and Impact Director, Centre for Sustainable Business at King’s College London. Her research examines two phenomena: first, how people in companies incorporate social and environmental sustainability into their decision-making; and second, the work of Chief Sustainability Officers and other sustainability leaders.

She teaches on topics related to sustainability, ethics, leadership, strategic uncertainty and decision-making for undergraduate, postgraduate and executive students.

Catherine’s work has been published in Harvard Business Review and the International Journal of Operations & Production Management. She is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and an External Examiner at the University of Cambridge. In 2024, she was interim Head of Sustainability at a €5 billion retailer.

Before joining King’s, Catherine spent more than 20 years in management consultancy, mostly at McKinsey & Company. She holds an MA and PhD from the University of Cambridge, as well as an MBA from the University of Manchester.