Lorna has over 30 years’ experience in developing and delivering major infrastructure projects. An architect by profession, she has worked in both the private and public sector throughout her career, engaging with central and local government to solve challenges in infrastructure. She has led schemes when in a multinational contractor, central government grant organisations to big four consultancy and government Arm’s Length Bodies. Her most recent roles were at the Great British Rail Transition Team and as Sponsorship Director for Phase 2 at HS2. Lorna started her new role as Managing Director of the Local Authority function in the UK Infrastructure Bank (UKIB) in July 2023 and is continuing to develop offerings for advisory and lending services across the UK’s four nations, working directly with local authorities, devolved governments, the private sector and government departments to accelerate the impact UKIB can make to Net Zero and regional economic growth.
