Lynn Wyeth is the Head of the Information Governance function and Data Protection Officer of a large unitary public authority and has over 15 years' experience as a practitioner. She holds a post graduate diploma in Information Rights, BCS in Freedom of Information and Data Protection, the CISMP certificate, and is an accredited HSCIPP privacy practitioner. She chairs the Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland county-wide Strategic Information Management Group, and is also a Regulation of Investigatory Powers monitoring officer.

Lynn is the author of 2 books, A Practical Guide to Handling Freedom of Information Requests, and Data Protection: Compliance in Practice. She also advised the Government of Jersey on the implementation of FOI legislation.