Gemma joined the LMA in November 2012, and heads up the Association's work on sustainable lending, as well as focusing on investor, secondary and loan operation initiatives and assisting generally with the Association's documentation projects, education events and regulatory initiatives.

Gemma has held the pen in drafting the Green Loan Principles and Sustainability-Linked Loan Principles, together with supporting guidance. She most recently penned a series of articles focused on protecting the integrity of the sustainability-linked loan product.  In addition, Gemma has written a number of LMA guides, primarily focusing on commercial issues pertinent to the operations market.  She is a regular contributor to written media and speaker at conferences, and was also responsible for creating the LMA's first e-learning programme "Understanding the Loan Market", which creates a knowledge benchmark for practitioners in the syndicated loan market.