Will Lyne is currently studying part-time for a PhD at the University of Cambridge Institute of Criminology, focusing on cyber and economic serious and organised crime threats.
Will has worked in the National Crime Agency for 15 years. From 2011 to 2013, Will worked in Afghanistan, delivering counter-narcotics investigations with local, military, and international partners, before joining the National Cyber Crime Unit in 2013. From 2016 to 2020, Will was an international liaison officer assigned to the FBI’s Cyber Division in Washington DC, USA, and, on return to the UK, was the head of cyber intelligence, leading a range of multidisciplinary teams that lead, support, and coordinate the national response to the most serious cyber threats. Most recently, Will was a deputy director with responsibility for Investigations and Intelligence management.
A 2008 graduate of University College London and a 2018 graduate of the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, Will graduated from the College of Policing Executive Leadership Programme in 2025.
