Lee Shankland-Gort
Policy Committee Member @Uksif
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WORK HISTORY
Policy Committee Member @Uksif
Recently elected to the Policy Committee of UKSIF, and very excited to help play a part in the great work UKSIF does to shape the policy and legislative landscape for Sustainable Finance in the UK.#GreeningFinance #FinancingGreen
EDUCATION
Henley Business School
PCIC - Professional Certificate in Coaching, Coaching and Behavioural Change
University of Liverpool
Bachelor of Laws - LLB
Meyler Campbell
Mastered, Master Executive Coaching Programme
Henley Business School
Postgraduate Diploma in Coaching and Behavioural Change, Executive Coaching
The Manchester Metropolitan University
Legal Practice Course
Hult Ashridge Executive Education
Masters in Executive Coaching (MSc), Coaching
ABOUT LEE SHANKLAND-GORT
Head of ESG Curating our client-shaped approach to ESG Advisory and ESG Solutions covering over 300 lawyers across our global footprint. ESG Pragmatist.Collaborate. Focus on journey.Celebrate progress, strive for next goal. Be authentic. No ivory towers. Make it balance sheet additive. Head of Social, Sustainable & Green Finance. Lead a team of over 50 experts in this field.Advised on some of the first SLLs since 2017 (pre-LMA criteria), and have acted for 30+ financial institutions to date. Passionate believer in the ability of the financial services sector to stimulate and finance solutions to global environmental, economic and social sustainability issues. Recent market work has included developing new net zero corporate lending products for two global lenders; and advising a third on their social loan policies across the bank. Leading UK lawyer.Recognised by clients as “pre-eminent” funders lawyer nationally in the UK (Legal 500, 2022) and “without doubt, the sector expert” (Legal 500, 2023) in social housing finance. FT Innovative LawyersShortlisted by Financial Times as one of the ten Most Innovative Lawyers in Europe, in 2022 - for mine (and my team’s) work in relation to ESG linked finance.Member of Policy Committee, UKSIF.Executive Coach, Meyler Campbell Graduate. Experience of coaching C-suite members in UK, US and France to unlock their thinking. Positive psychology driven. Challenging, outside of box thinking, without judgment.🦋 Neurodiverse: ADHD combined, Mild dyslexia. Already worrying about typos in this section.Proud advocate for neurodiversity in the City. Gay. Ally. Passionate about DE & I.Happy to engage with anyone on LinkedIn - but please don’t contact me and try to upsell tech programmes, events or consultancy services.
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