Lee Coates OBE is currently part of the FCA’s DLAG (Disclosures and Labels Advisory Group), The FCA’s Advisers Sustainability Group and undertakes consulting work for fund management companies and DFMs on ESG and Sustainable Finance related issues. Lee is also the director of ESG Accord and has years of experience working in the financial services industry. He was awarded an OBE in 2011 for ‘services to ethical business and finance’. In October 2020, he co-launched ESG Accord, an adviser support business assisting firms to implement robust compliance procedures to meet sustainability preference requirements.