Lynne Berry

Lynne is Chair of the Human Tissue Authority, the regulator for human tissue and organs; Chair of Sustrans and a Trustee of Welsh National Opera. She is a Visiting Professor in the Centre for Charity Effectiveness, City, University of London. She has chaired a number of bodies including Breast Cancer Now, CPAG, Glandŵr Cymru and the Commission on the Voluntary Sector and Ageing. She was also Deputy Chair of the Canal and River Trust and a NED at Cambridge University Hospitals FT. She has held several Chief Executive posts including the General Social Care Council, Equal Opportunities Commission, Charity Commission, Family Action and RVS and held a number of government advisory posts. She has received several awards, including a CBE and an OBE, and a number of honorary degrees and Fellowships. Her commitment to Westminster is long standing: she was both a part time postgraduate student and a lecturer at the former Polytechnic of Central London (now University of Westminster).