Sabine Jaccaud is a communications and change practitioner. For over twenty years she has been working with global companies undergoing complex transformation. Following a D Phil in humanities at Oxford, she has been based in the UK and worked internationally and locally in many sectors including finance, media, technology, pharmaceuticals, defence and professional services.
Sabine started her working life as a teacher and researcher in her native Switzerland and has been regularly involved in educational and skills-related initiatives. She is a member of the Rector’s Advisory Group at Lincoln College in Oxford and has had a longstanding involvement with Villiers Park. Having moved to Cambridge with her family in 2009, Sabine has been part of the local schools environment as a parent and also a football coach. As Director of Cambridge Communications at AstraZeneca since 2015, Sabine’s interest in cities, culture and identity informs her approach to the evolution of community and business needs in Cambridge. She has been involved in governance at Cambridge Primary Education Trust (CPET) and joined Cambridge Meridian Academies Trust as Member in 2022. Sabine is now a member of Meridian Trust after the successful merger of CPET and CMAT in 2022.