Heidi-Lynn Sutton is the holder of a Bachelor of Laws Degree with Honours from the University of Wolverhampton, England; a Post Graduate Diploma in Professional Legal Skills from the City University in conjunction with the Inns of Court School of Law, London, and a Legal Education Certificate from the Hugh Wooding Law School, Council of the University of West Indies, Trinidad. She is a Barrister, having been called to the Bars in England and Wales in 2002 and the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis in 2003. She is also a Trust and Estate Practitioner and has membership in the following professional organizations:
Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, London; St. Kitts and Nevis Bar Association; International Bar Association; Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP), and Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists. She devoted seven years of service to the Nevis Island Administration from 2003 - 2010 as Legal Counsel and Senior Legal Counsel attached to the Legal Department advising primarily on financial services related matters. She is currently a partner in the Law Offices of T.A.C.T. Liburd & H.D. Sutton and provided consultancy services to the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) in the area of Financial Services from 2010 to January 2014. In February 2014, she appointed to the position of Regulator at the Financial Services (Regulation and Supervision) Department (Financial Services Regulatory Commission – Nevis Branch). She was trained by the Global Forum Secretariat as an Assessor on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes and is a certified CFATF Mutual Evaluation Examiner.