Veronica Poole is a Vice Chair of Deloitte UK and Deloitte Global IFRS and Corporate Reporting Leader. Veronica drives change in the accounting profession, including reporting of sustainability and climate matters. She has played a prominent role in facilitating harmonisation of standards by working with leading sustainability standard-setters to advance a comprehensive corporate reporting system. She leads Deloitte’s contributions to the World Economic Forum International Business Council’s ‘Stakeholder Metrics’ project. This included leading WEF’s contribution to the IFRS Foundation’s Technical Readiness Working Group that developed prototype standards and made recommendations to the new International Sustainability Standards Board. She helped launch the UK directors’ climate forum – Chapter Zero – and spearheaded Deloitte’s partnership with The Prince's Accounting for Sustainability Project (A4S) Finance for the Future Awards.

Veronica's external appointments include: member of the IFRS Foundation’s Integrated Reporting and Connectivity Council, member of the A4S Advisory Council, member of the DBT Corporate Disclosures External Stakeholder Group, Chair of the Advisory Group to the ICAEW Financial Reporting Faculty, advisory member to the Hundred Group Financial Reporting Committee, former member of the G7 Impact Taskforce, former member of the Financial Reporting Advisory Board to HM Treasury and former member of the UK FRC’s Corporate Reporting Council.