Prof. dr. Jacqueline Cramer has always combined her academic career for over 45 years with being a practitioner in sustainability working in both industry and government. Presently, she is director of Cramer Milieuadvies (Sustainable Entrepreneurship; Strategy & Innovation Consultancy, founded in 1999) and emeritus professor of sustainable innovation at Utrecht University. Before Cramer was professor at various universities since 1990. She has served as a member on over 120 influential boards of government, industry, and non-profit organizations. Cramer is presently for instance Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Holland Circular Hotspot, Chairman of the execution of the Sustainable Concrete and Construction Steel Agreements, Chairman of the Dutch Circular Textile Valley, and Patroness of the Plastic Soup Foundation. Before she was Minister of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment for the Netherlands (2007–2010).