Natasha Dawn Bautista - Operations Head, QBO Innovation Hub

Natasha Dawn Bautista

Operations Head, QBO Innovation Hub

More about Natasha Dawn Bautista

Natasha heads the Operations of QBO, Philippine’s first innovation hub and startup platform. QBO is the first of its kind public-private partnership initiative in the country specifically geared to provide resources, connections and support to accelerate the growth of Philippine startup companies.

A Bachelor of Science Management graduate in the Ateneo de Manila University, Natasha has been in the startup scene since 2013 when she was only 21 years old. She brought over Grab to the Philippines when she was just an intern and in a span of 3 years, led the company to what it is today with the Head of GrabCar as her last role.

Since then, she has been helping both foreign and local startups start and continue operations in the country. Her passion for development, whether it be as an individual, as a team or company, or as a nation, fuels her drive to empower the people and companies she works with. 

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