This curated Global Leadership feature highlights chief executives whose leadership is shaping regulation, innovation, and market structure across global industries. Each profile reflects strategic impact, governance discipline, and long-term vision in an evolving global landscape.
Dina Sam’an is a prominent figure in the digital asset ecosystem of the MENA region. As Co-Founder and Managing Director of CoinMENA, regulated under the Central Bank of Bahrain and VARA in Dubai, she has demonstrated how digital asset markets can be structured, governed, and scaled within formal regulatory frameworks.
Under her leadership, CoinMENA scaled to over 1.5 million registered users, achieved more than 400% year-on-year growth, and surpassed USD 5 Bn in trade volume. She led CoinMENA’s landmark USD 240 Mn majority acquisition by Paribu, strengthening institutional credibility, liquidity depth, and regional scale.
Beyond CoinMENA, Dina serves on academic and industry boards and is a multi-award-winning leader recognized by Forbes 30 Under 30, Women Changing the World, and global Web3 leadership platforms.
Dr. Najamul Hasan Kidwai (Naj) leads C1 Fund Inc., a NYSE publicly listed investment fund providing regulated public-market access to late-stage private digital-asset infrastructure companies.
In 2025, he led the fund’s IPO on the New York Stock Exchange. The fund has since established strategic investments in infrastructure leaders such as Kraken, Ripple, Alchemy, Figment, Consensys and Chainalysis. Previously, he co-founded and chaired Crypto 1 Acquisition Corp, overseeing a $230 million capital raise.
Beyond capital execution, Dr. Kidwai is globally recognized for bridging traditional finance with emerging technology ecosystems.
His leadership emphasizes governance, portfolio resilience, and positioning digital assets as essential financial infrastructure, he also serves on the Boards of TransFi, Klickl and is also a co-founder of a leading private markets fund, EQUIAM.
Nick Rowles-Davies is one of the architects of the modern litigation finance industry, with more than two decades of experience shaping its evolution into a recognised global asset class.
As CEO of Lexolent, he leads the world’s first globally coordinated legal finance origination network supported by its own investment fund. His career includes senior roles at Burford Capital, LCM, Vannin Capital, and Chancery Capital Advisors, and authorship of Third-Party Litigation Funding (Oxford University Press).
Through Lexolent, he continues to professionalise the sector through technology, global standards, and market transparency.
His vision centres on sustainable growth, institutional participation, and broader access to justice worldwide.
