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FRANCESCA LEE · FOUNDER, SOCIALVALUEARCHITECT
LEGAL INSIGHT. BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE.
Clear thinking.
Confident decisions.
Lasting value.
I help lawyers, boards and businesses connect the dots between law, governance and sustainability — and turn understanding into action.
Strategic perspective. Practical learning. Human impact.
Better business.
For people & planet.
01 / MY APPROACH
Complex issues.
Clear direction.
Sustainability belongs in the decisions a business makes every day.
I’m Francesca Lee — a lawyer, sustainability strategist and governance adviser with more than 25 years’ experience helping organisations navigate risk and make better decisions.
My career spans FTSE 100, listed and multinational businesses in the UK and Asia-Pacific. That experience shapes how I teach and advise: start with the commercial reality, make the risks understandable, and give people a practical way forward.
I design and deliver programmes for the Law Society of England and Wales and the Law Society of Scotland, alongside tailored training for law firms, in-house teams and business leaders.
My charity trustee work brings another perspective: governance is ultimately about people, accountability and the consequences of decisions.
25+years of legal &
commercial experience
commercial experience
UK + APACan international
business perspective
business perspective
02 / WORK WITH ME
What needs to
move forward?
Different audiences. Different pressures.
The same focus on practical progress.
TRAINING & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENTTurn legal expertise
Turn legal expertise
into client impact.
Help your lawyers understand the business behind the legal question, communicate with influence and give advice clients can act on.
Discuss your team’s prioritiesCommercial awareness & client influence
Realistic scenarios that connect legal analysis to business priorities, financial pressures and better client conversations.
Sustainability & governance for lawyers
Build the confidence to recognise sustainability risks and connect them to governance, legal advice and client needs.
Thinking and Speaking Like a Business Leader
A masterclass combining my legal and commercial insight with public-speaking coaching from John Deery, founder of The Public Speaking Course.
TAILORED WEBINARS · WORKSHOPS · MASTERCLASSES
GOVERNANCE, ADVISORY & BOARD LEARNINGBring better questions
Bring better questions
to the boardroom.
Connect sustainability and emerging risks to oversight, strategy and the way your organisation actually operates.
Discuss your board’s prioritiesGovernance frameworks & operating models
Clarify responsibilities, decision rights, committee structures and escalation, then build a phased approach to change.
Climate & sustainability literacy
Make risk meaningful for directors: connect it to business resilience, people, investment and strategic choices.
AI, accountability & emerging risks
Explore the questions leaders should ask about ownership, oversight and the human consequences of technology.
BOARD BRIEFINGS · FACILITATED DISCUSSIONS · ADVISORY
SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGY & CAPABILITYMake sustainability
Make sustainability
work for your business.
Build understanding, identify the issues that matter and translate customer expectations into a practical plan your team can deliver.
Discuss your business prioritiesA strategy grounded in your business
Connect sustainability priorities to governance, operations and commercial objectives, with clear responsibilities and next steps.
Supply-chain & human-rights awareness
Develop practical understanding of ethical labour, modern slavery and environmental risks across procurement and supply chains.
Supplier capability programmes
Help corporate procurement teams move beyond questionnaires by supporting suppliers with tailored awareness and action workshops.
PRACTICAL WORKSHOPS · STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT · SUPPLIER PROGRAMMES
UNDERSTAND. APPLY. ACT.Learning that
Learning that
leaves the room.
A good session should change the questions people ask and the decisions they make afterwards.
Put judgment into practice
Case studies, scenarios and discussion make complex issues concrete and relevant.
Leave with a way forward
Practical frameworks, tools and actions help turn new understanding into everyday capability.
A VOICE IN THE CONVERSATION
“The value of expertise is
what it helps people do next.”
THE PRINCIPLE BEHIND MY WORK
For conferences, leadership sessions and professional learning: a practical perspective on sustainability, governance and commercial decision-making.
Invite me to speak03 / PERSPECTIVES
Questions worth
thinking about.
Short perspectives at the intersection
of law, business and responsibility.
04 / PARTICIPANT FEEDBACK
What participants
say.
“This has been an excellent session. Thank you for some thought-provoking insights and incentives to institute greater accountability across the organisation.”
“Thanks for this session - has provoked some thoughts around suppliers in particular.”
“Thank you - very structured information and use-cases , thanks all!”
“That's great Francesca - the case studies should be flagged for the Board through the proper channels and methods. Thank you!”
“Thank you very much for such an insightful session.”
— Participants from various courses, September 2026
05 / START A CONVERSATIONWhat’s your
What’s your
next challenge?
Tell me who you’re supporting and what needs to change. We can explore the right training, advisory or speaking format for you.
francesca@socialvaluearchitect.com