Lindsay is a strategist, entrepreneur, and facilitator. She began her career at Bain & Company in London and went on to found, grow and subsequently sell a number of companies. She became known for building values-driven, people-centered businesses, and in 1999 won a UK EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award. 

In 2001, Lindsay founded Leaders’ Quest (LQ), a global social enterprise that equips leaders from business, government, and civil society to align their work with their values. She spent two decades working across Asia, Africa, North and South America, and the Middle East, building partnerships with people from all backgrounds. In 2004 she created the LQ Foundation to provide leadership training for thousands of people in marginalized communities in China, India and parts of Africa. Today, Lindsay serves as Chair of the LQ Board.

Lindsay is also the co-founder and leader of TED Countdown, a global climate initiative launched with TED in 2020 to accelerate solutions to the climate crisis. To date, Countdown’s reach has surpassed 280 million viewers and listeners and helped catalyze hundreds of millions of dollars in climate philanthropy.

In 2023, she created Blue Dot as a personal office and platform for her work at the intersection of leadership, the economy, climate, and conflict — much of which happens in partnership with TED Countdown and Leaders’ Quest.

She also serves as an advisor to Uniting for a Shared Future, an initiative founded by Principles for Peace to support a just and peaceful future between Israelis and Palestinians. 

Lindsay bring international experience, a systems-thinking mindset, and a strong track record of building bridges between diverse stakeholders to drive impact. She is the author of Invisible Giants and lives in New York City with her husband, David. They have three sons.