Speaker Spotlight: How Rini Laskar is Pioneering Holistic Womens Healthcare in the GCC
As we count down to the world’s largest social prescribing event the Global Social Prescribing Summit 2026 on **17th July **the Global Social Prescribing Alliance (GSPA) is thrilled to introduce one of our phenomenal international speakers: Rini Laskar.
Social prescribing is fundamentally rewriting the healthcare playbook by shifting the focus from “what is the matter with you” to “what matters to you.” No where is this holistic, person-centered approach more vital than in women’s health and fertility.
Rini Laskar, Founder of the Hiya (هي) Women’s Wellness & Fertility Network and owner of Dubai’s long-standing The Doctors Hub Polyclinic, joins our global lineup to share how she is bridging the gap between corporate innovation, cutting-edge technology, and compassionate, community-based care.
From the City of London to Healthcare Transformation
Great innovators often bring fresh perspectives from outside traditional medicine. Rini’s trajectory is a masterclass in driving large-scale change. Before diving into healthcare, she spent years leading high-stakes digital and technology transformation programmes as a Director at global financial giants like UBS and Citibank.
Her leadership and advocacy have earned her widespread international recognition, including being named:
- One of Brummell Magazine’s Most Inspirational Women in the City of London (2019)
- One of Yahoo Finance’s Top 100 Ethnic Minority Leaders (2020)
- A Top Power Woman in Data, Analytics & AI in Dubai (2025) When Rini turned her corporate acumen toward healthcare, she did so with a deeply personal mission. Inspired by her own IVF journey, she recognized that the clinical path to fertility and wellness can often feel isolating and transactional. She knew women deserved an ecosystem that cared for the whole person—not just the medical chart.
The Vision: A Tech-Enabled, Women-Led Ecosystem
Through the Hiya Network and The Doctors Hub, Rini is actively building the future of healthcare that the GSPA champions. Her work perfectly mirrors the core pillars of social prescribing by integrating:
- Preventive Medicine & Diagnostics: Catching health and fertility challenges early.
- Behavioral & Emotional Health: Validating the mental toll of health journeys.
- Data-Driven Personalization: Using technology to tailor care to the individual.
- Community Support: Nurturing wellness by connecting women to a shared network of lived experience. “Rini’s work perfectly demonstrates how we can use modern technology to scale human connection. By embedding community and behavioral support into clinical settings, she is paving the way for social prescribing across the GCC.” — Gareth Presch, Founder, WHIS, CEO of GSPA & Noora Al Suwaidi, WHIS GCC Lead
Don’t Miss Rini Laskar at the Global Summit
At the summit, powered by the World Health Innovation Summit (WHIS), Rini will share vital insights on creating scalable, tech-enabled wellness ecosystems and how policymakers and providers can better address the social determinants of women’s health.
Be part of the movement that is transforming global healthcare from the ground up.
Date: 17 July 2026
Host: Global Social Prescribing Alliance (GSPA)
Powered by: World Health Innovation Summit (WHIS)