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canonicalName: "Raja Al Mazrouei"
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source_timestamps: ["§ Curating partners.", "¶14", "¶15", "¶16", "¶17"]
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related: ["entity-org-difc-fintech-hive", "framework-three-functions-of-bridgers", "concept-bridger"]
speakers: ["Raja Al Mazrouei"]
source_url: "https://hbr.org/2026/03/why-great-innovations-fail-to-scale"
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## Segment 2 — futures

## Article 102 — a102

# Raja Al Mazrouei

**Role in this source:** Executive Vice President of [[entity-org-difc-fintech-hive|DIFC Fintech Hive]] and the prime **[[concept-bridger|bridger]] exemplar for the [[framework-three-functions-of-bridgers|curating]] phase**.

**Profile & contributions:** She aligned competing financial institutions, startups, and regulators by (1) conducting **one-on-one listening tours** to surface each party's fears and priorities, (2) **sharing proprietary benchmarking data** to create urgency among incumbents, and (3) **engaging regulators early** to co-develop a novel testing license. Publicly recognized for building the Middle East fintech ecosystem; her behaviors in the article are consistent with external accounts of the program.