
Nicola Acutt
Nicola is an experienced sustainability
professional with 20+ years of leadership at the intersection of business,
technology, and sustainability. Nicola joined NetApp as its first Chief
Sustainability Officer in June 2024. In this role, she focuses on integrating
sustainability into strategy and operations, driving decarbonization across the
value chain, and building a sustainable approach to intelligent data
infrastructure.
Nicola joined NetApp after 14 years at VMware
where was Chief Sustainability Officer. She has served as an advisor to climate
technology start-ups and is actively engaged in leading professional networks including
World 50 and the Aspen Institute. Nicola completed BS at the University of
California, Berkeley and was awarded a Commonwealth Scholarship to complete a
Ph.D. at the University of East Anglia in the UK.