Lawrence is a UK qualified solicitor who spent 5 years as a banking and finance lawyer before a move into banking where he worked in structured finance for Bankers Trust, Deutsche Bank and boutique structured finance firms in London, Singapore and Tokyo.’
In 2010 Lawrence joined Standard Bank’s Investment Banking Division in South Africa where he worked on numerous financing transactions and in 2021 Lawrence took on an additional role in the Sustainable Finance team. In 2022 Lawrence moved to the Standard Bank’s Global Markets division to set up the banks carbon credit trading and finance business. Lawrence also holds a masters degree in Environmental and Energy Law from the University of Birmingham.