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Uppma Virdi is an entrepreneur with a background in fintech and commercial law, as well as community building. She is based in Melbourne and previously lived in Sydney for several years. During her time in Sydney, she served on the board of Alfalfa House Community Food Co-operative, where she contributed across business, legal, marketing and HR, with a strong focus on business and legal strategy.

In Melbourne, Uppma built her legal career working at Clearpoint Counsel, where she was known as a “startup lawyer”, and later worked in-house at Toyota.

Alongside this, what started as an accidental sharing of her grandfather’s Ayurvedic chai recipes grew into a nationally distributed product business, Chai Walli. Today, Uppma is widely recognised within the South Asian diaspora in Australia as a respected business leader. She is a sought-after public speaker, represented by Saxton Speakers Bureau, and also writes as a freelance journalist for The Age.

Through recognition such as the Forbes 30 Under 30, the Indian Australian Business Community Awards, and being invited to India on behalf of the Australian High Commission, she has built strong networks across private practice, government, and within younger CALD communities.

Uppma’s Chai Walli factory and offices are based in Kilsyth (VIC), where her team manufactures and distributes their chai blends, which are still family recipes that the business continues to preserve and share. Through the brand, she has built a large and engaged social media following, grounded in genuine storytelling and education around traditional herbs and spices.

Outside of work, Uppma (along with her husband and 11 month old) love hiking and run a free BIPOC walking group in the Dandenong Ranges. She also plays in a futsal league as she’s always loved football.

Uppma has lived experience with endometriosis, PCOS and adenomyosis. After several years of symptoms, she was diagnosed with stage 3 endometriosis following laparoscopic surgery at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.

She is particularly passionate about reaching women within the South Asian diaspora and broader culturally diverse communities, where conversations around menstrual health are often limited and symptoms are normalised. Research shows that women of colour are half as likely to be diagnosed with endometriosis, and Uppma is driven by the opportunity to be a familiar and trusted voice in communities where awareness and early diagnosis are still lacking.