Lee started his career in local government in 1988, working for a number of years across revenues and benefits departments dealing with domestic rating, non-domestic rating, community charge and council tax. He initially joined the VTS in a technical capacity as a hearing clerk but has for a number of years specialised in organisational management. Lee has been actively involved in a number of organisational change programmes providing ongoing efficiency savings and realigning front line services to meet changing stakeholder requirements. He was appointed to his current role as Director of Operations and Development in 2014.

Lee is Chairman of the IRRV Qualification Management Board and acts as moderator across a number of Institute examinations. He represents the VTS on a number of external professional liaison groups and has presented papers at an extensive range of national conferences and seminars. Lee holds a degree in organisation and management, and PRINCE2 and MSP practitioner qualifications.