Wendy Sinclair-Gieben is a British public servant and former teacher who has served as His Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons for Scotland since July 2018.
[citation needed] Following an initial career in teaching, working with children with special needs in the Northern Territories of Canada, she transferred to public sector in 1998, working in criminal justice, immigration detention and healthcare management.
She then moved into the private sector, serving as a prison director[a] with Serco, first at HMP Kilmarnock and, from 2009, in Australia, including at the Wandoo Reintegration Facility for young men in Perth, WA.
[3] Her appointment as HM Chief Inspector of Prisons in succession to David Strang was announced by the Scottish Government in May 2018 and she took office the following July.
[1] Sinclair-Gieben has worked as a non-executive director of the charity NOFASD, which raises awareness and provides support to families living with Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) in Australia.