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Hi Contra,
stocks, like any asset, can be used as collateral.  The more conservative the financial insto, the lower the leverage they will allow.  Typically, you need to have a major package of stock to do it.  That's why I say directors like Tim can probably do it.  A few thousand shares?  Forget it.  A few million? Now you have the weight to be taken seriously (however, if going for a mortgage, eg, you can list shares as assets to convince the bank to loan to you if your portfolio is large enough even though individual holdings are small).

I would hope, however, that Tim wouldn't short his own stock - that's a completely different deal.  To short your stock, sign up with a good fee for service broker.  They have access to the short market.  Alternatively, sign up with:

https://www.ig.com/au/trade-volatil...w_wcB&ef_id=WnVWtgAAAHylPUdx:20180221084341:s

As for the technical aspects - I wouldn't like to say as I am not an adviser and every broker has their own take on it.  Talk to IG, they'll fill you in and what can/cant be done and, importantly, what the implications are.

I personally eschew shorting (stock lending) as, I believe, other products on the market are cheaper/safer (talking about CFDs or Call and Put options as examples, not that the latter is safer!).