Carolyn Lidgerwood

Carolyn Lidgerwood has worked in leading organisations for more than 30 years, specialising in broadcasting and data privacy law and compliance.

Immediately prior to being appointed as an ACMA Authority Member, Carolyn was for 12 years the Head of Privacy at Rio Tinto, the world’s second-largest mining and metals corporation. Carolyn managed Rio Tinto’s data privacy compliance program across its global operations (which included more than 50,000 employees across 35 countries).

Carolyn was also General Counsel & Company Secretary at Southern Cross Media (then Australia’s largest regional commercial radio and commercial television broadcaster), and Special Counsel at Gilbert + Tobin Lawyers, where for more than 10 years she acted for clients in every part of the Australian broadcasting industry. In the early years of her career Carolyn worked at the former Australian Broadcasting Authority (joining the ABA on the same week that subscription television services commenced in Australia).

Carolyn has been a board member of iappANZ, and has previously served on the Privacy Committee and the Media & Communications Committee of the Law Council of Australia. Carolyn holds honours degrees in Arts and Law from the University of Melbourne.