Elizabeth Friend
Managing Director, The Small-Scale Sustainable Infrastructure Development Fund (S3IDF)
Elizabeth is an international development practitioner and organizational strategist with expertise in developing, implementing, and evaluating market-based solutions to poverty. Building on over a decade of experience working with microenterprises and social impact start-ups, she currently leads S3IDF’s impact investing initiative that makes below-market investments to early-stage start-ups. Elizabeth is passionate about market-remaking business models and digital innovations that increase financial inclusion and access to critical services in underserved communities.