Born in 1964, a graduate of Edinburgh University, Lindsay qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1989 with Ernst & Young in Edinburgh. Between 1990 and 1992 he worked in the Audit and Business Services Department of PricewaterhouseCoopers, Hong Kong. He joined Crosby Securities in 1992 where he headed the regional small companies research unit. He left Crosby to found Arisaig Partners in 1996, and has investment oversight of the Arisaig Asia Consumer Fund.