Katie Leach

Katie Leach currently serves as the Head of Nature at Lloyds Banking Group since May 2023. Prior to this role, Katie held positions at ShareAction from August 2021 to May 2023, including Head of Biodiversity and Senior Programme Development Manager for Biodiversity. Katie's earlier experience includes serving as a Senior Programme Officer at UNEP-WCMC from November 2015 to August 2021, where responsibilities included leading a portfolio on natural capital and corporate biodiversity measurement, providing essential data and technical support to various stakeholders. Katie's academic qualifications include a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Biology/Biological Sciences from Queen's University Belfast and an MSci in Zoology from the University of Nottingham.