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Hosted by Phillip Thomas
Additional music provided by Andrew Sacco
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Alexie Seller is Director and COO for Pollinate Energy. Earning her degree in engineering at the University of Sydney, Alexie worked for the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, the energy firm AGL and the social change incubator Engineers Without Borders before co-founding Pollinate with five other entrepreneurs at the end of 2012.
Pollinate Energy is a not-for-profit social enterprise which, through microfinance and distribution networks, provides access to affordable and clean energy technology that improves the livelihood of poor people living in India’s urban slums.
Having led the company through its first three years and fundraising in Australia, Alexie is responsible for growing the operations across India.
Tune into the interview with Alexie and click through the corresponding slideshow to the left… (Photos courtesy of Julia Ponti, Marc Brugueras, Thomas Cornish, and Pollinate Energy.)
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