William Lyne

Head of Economic and Cybercrime · Metropolitan Police Service · company speakers →

Will Lyne is an experienced and internationally respected leader in the field of serious and organised crime. Currently the Head of Economic and Cybercrime at the Metropolitan Police, Will leads the Commands that protect Londoners from threats such as fraud and ransomware. Will has worked in law enforcement since joining the UK National Crime Agency as a trainee investigator in 2010. From 2011 to 2013, Will worked in Afghanistan delivering investigations with local, military and international partners, before joining the National Cyber Crime Unit in 2013. From 2016 to 2020, Will led the NCA’s liaison team and online crime engagement with the FBI based in Washington D.C., USA. Will has led numerous high-profile investigations covering money laundering, fraud, kidnap & extortion and cyber offending. This includes multiple disruptions of the world’s most harmful cybercrime group, EvilCorp, and leading Op Destabilise, the UK’s largest economic crime investigation that dismantled a multi-billion global Russian illicit finance network. Will has also led the development of pioneering artificial intelligence capabilities within the NCA, contributing to the related NPCC national standards. 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. Alongside his role, Will is studying for a PhD at the University of Cambridge Institute of Criminology, with a thesis focused on online threats.

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