Experience Designer | Strategy & Innovation Consultant | Community Builder
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📰 Lalitha Wemel, 34, is redefining what it means to build ecosystems in emerging markets. As Programs Lead at Hub71 in Abu Dhabi, she leads a portfolio of global startups, across a breath of different programs scaling across the GCC, with a sharp focus on AI, fintech, and climate innovation. A longtime force in APAC’s tech scene, she is known for blending practical rigour with cultural fluency, helping founders navigate not just capital, but context. Her signature? High-trust programming, market-savvy storytelling, and a bias toward community as a competitive advantage.
🌟 Lalitha designs, facilitates and builds strong operations around experiences and programs across entrepreneurship, corporate innovation and ecosystem development. Over the last 15 years, Lalitha has led and worked closely with various founder-focused programs, investments and ecosystems to develop effective startup ecosystems that engage the entire entrepreneurial stack and built strong innovation systems with engagements in over 150 countries. Lalitha is passionate about connection, communities and working with partnerships that build lasting experiences across spaces worldwide.
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