Lyn Lim is on the boards of Auckland University of Technology (AUT), Auckland Regional Amenities Funding Board, and General Capital Limited. She is also a trustee of the Asia New Zealand Foundation.
Lyn has also served on the boards of the New Zealand Shareholders' Association, Public Trust, the New Zealand China Trade Association, the Hong Kong and New Zealand Business Association, was the Chair of the New Zealand Chinese Youth Trust, and held the positions of Trustee, Deputy Chair and Chair of Foundation North (the biggest and leading philanthropic entity in New Zealand). She has been a member of ANZ Private Bank External Advisory Board and has served as a council member of the Auckland District Law Society Inc.
Lyn was a founding partner of Forest Harrison which she started in 2006 after being a partner of a national legal firm for eight years. Lyn commenced her legal career in 1990, after graduating from the University of Canterbury with an LLB (Hons). In her legal practice, she specializes in commercial, corporate, and governance issues and dispute resolution.
In 2017, Lyn was appointed as a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for her services to New Zealand-Asia relations and governance. Lyn is a Chartered Member of the New Zealand Institute of Directors, a member of the New Zealand Law Society, and a member and Vice-Chair of the Women in Business Committee of the Inter-Pacific Bar Association.