Lightning Reach
Most Influential CEO 2025 - Financial Support Services (London)

About Lightning Reach
Ren Yi Hooi is the Founder and CEO of Lightning Reach, an award-winning Fintech for good startup which streamlines access to financial support. She has been recognised as one of Big Issue’s 100 Changemakers, TechRound’s Top 50 Women in Startups and Tech and Innovate Finance’s Women in FinTech Powerlist. Passionate about using technology to drive impact, she was previously Product Director at FinTech scaleup Railsr and has led international teams across Asia and Africa.