Lynn is a Senior Associate within the Charities team and specialises in advising churches and Christian organisations on their governance and constitutional matters, particularly focusing on helping churches become CIOs. She joined Edward Connor Solicitors in 2018.
Lynn has over 20 years’ experience working in the charity sector – in regulation, external consultancy and leading an in-house team. Lynn spent seven years at the Charity Commission, providing 1:1 guidance and legal consents predominantly to large charities as well as a year leading high-risk investigations. Since leaving in 2012, Lynn has worked as a Freelance Charity and Governance Consultant. Projects have included leading a major corporate programme for the Royal British Legion to transform how it manages more than 700 charitable trusts, both as a consultant then head of a new department. Lynn is a lay member of the Charity Law Association and was a member of its working party responding to proposed technical changes to charity law. She is an experienced trainer and has written guidance for the charity sector, including Getting on Board’s Practical Guides on How to Recruit Trustees and How to Become a Charity Trustee. In Autumn 2021 Lynn completed an MSc in Voluntary Sector Management with distinction at Bayes Business School.
Outside of work, Lynn is a deacon of a small Baptist Church in Haringey, North London and a charity trustee of BMS World Mission and Mill Grove Christian Charitable Trust.
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