He served as a civil servant with the Inspection générale des finances (France) from 1988 to 1992 and taught foreign affairs at the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po).
Lloyd is the co-author with Antoine Winckler of L'Europe en Chantier, a 1993 book on the history of the European Union published by Éditions du Seuil.
During his years at Pathé UK, Lloyd was the executive producer of The Claim, It Was an Accident, There's Only One Jimmy Grimble, Love's Labour's Lost, and The Darkest Light.
Under his direction, Guild Entertainment and Pathé UK acquired and distributed independent films such as Bound, Basquiat, Swingers, The Spanish Prisoner, Pi, and The Virgin Suicides.
The film was shot in New York City with an ensemble cast, including Ingeborga Dapkunaite, Jason Day, Vahina Giocante, Paz de la Huerta, Justin Kirk, Ben Levin, Lee Pace, Condola Rashad, Thomas Sadoski, and Jennifer Tilly.