Lynette Wood is the Acting High Commissioner and Chargé d’Affaires to the Australian High Commission in the United Kingdom since May 2022. She held the position of Australian Ambassador to Switzerland, Germany and Liechtenstein from September 2016 to 2020. She succeeded David Ritchie and was replaced by Philip Green. Wood graduated with a Master of Arts (International Relations) from the Australian National University, a Graduate Diploma in Foreign Affairs and Trade from Monash University, and a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from the University of Sydney.