Lynda Smith is a social entrepreneur who cares deeply about change for our most vulnerable citizens. She spent the first 25 years of her professional life in the early childhood sector, but at the age of 50, made the decision to try and understand how longevity and technology would change the lives of older citizens in South Africa.

With the aim of educating, communicating and building a network of older citizens with skills to be able to serve and build the economy, and harness inter-generational mentorship and supporting sectors like job creation, health, and education, she studied a diploma in social entrepreneurship at Gordon Institute of Business Science.

Lynda founded and is the CEO of both Refirement Network and 50Plus-Skills.

We awarded Lynda our 2023 travel bursary, supported by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Healthy Ageing Challenge, to attend the Global Ageing Conference, 7-8 September 2023, Glasgow, Scotland.