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Lyndsay Handler

CEO, Fenix International

Biography

Lyndsay has 13 years of leadership and operations experience in East Africa and Silicon Valley and is deeply passionate about building life-changing businesses in frontier markets. Currently, Lyndsay is the CEO of Fenix International, a venture-backed energy and financial services company. To date, Fenix has delivered affordable solar power to over 300,000 people in East Africa using its unique “pay-to-own” financing platform called ReadyPay Power. Before joining Fenix, Lyndsay spent ten years starting and growing social enterprises in East Africa in the fields of renewable energy, microfinance and education. Lyndsay is the recipient of the MTN Women in Business Award for Excellence in Financial Services and the MTN Outstanding Woman in Innovation Award. Lyndsay studied International Relations at Stanford University, where she received a Haas Public Service Fellowship for her work in Tanzania. For fun, Lyndsay enjoys playing ultimate frisbee and spending time with her husband and two children at Saranac, the solar-powered home they built on the Nile.