Alexander Lozben Named Fintech Leader of the Year at Entrepreneur Middle East Leadership Awards 2025

On December 11, business and technology leaders gathered at W Dubai – The Palm for the Entrepreneur Middle East Leadership Awards 2025, one of the key platforms recognising executives who are shaping the region’s economic and innovation landscape. In the Fintech Leader of the Year category, the award went to Alexander Lozben, founder of INTERHASH and one of the notable innovators in the Middle East’s digital economy.  

The Entrepreneur Middle East Leadership Awards are regarded as among the most reputable business recognitions in the MENA region. Each year, they highlight individuals whose work drives measurable impact, advances their industries and sets higher standards for growth and innovation. The fintech category specifically honours those who influence the future of financial technologies through infrastructure, technology and strategic leadership.

Alexander Lozben is an IT entrepreneur, fintech expert and one of the early architects of crypto infrastructure in Europe and the CIS. He founded INTERHASH, a company that provides a full spectrum of mining services and builds next-generation digital infrastructure. Based in Dubai, he works across sustainable mining, Web3, blockchain analytics, AI+Blockchain solutions, robotics and digital identity, with projects spanning MENA, Europe and Central Asia.  

Lozben also collaborates with digital tech parks and government entities in the UAE, Qatar, Oman, Kazakhstan and Saudi Arabia, contributing to regulatory models for digital assets, sustainable mining, Web3-enabled governance and fintech platforms.

Under his leadership, INTERHASH has become one of the global leaders in mining services. At the peak of the cryptocurrency market, more than 50% of all Bitcoin mined in the Russian Federation came from INTERHASH clients, and the company’s total connected capacity contributes up to 7% of the entire Bitcoin network. Its long-term strategy focuses on international expansion, energy optimisation, process automation, transparency and strengthened analytics.

According to the awards committee, Lozben was recognised not only for his technological achievements but also for his contribution to building digital infrastructure that supports the next phase of fintech development. His work combines energy efficiency, automation, data-driven approaches and advanced blockchain frameworks, while his participation in global industry forums helps elevate the region’s digital capabilities on the international stage.

Commenting on the award, he noted the transformation underway in the Middle East:

“Dubai today is not a geography — it is a platform. What is being built here are not companies, but ecosystems of the future.”

He also stressed the importance of foresight in a rapidly changing world:

“The world is changing faster than ever. It’s not enough to keep up — you must stay one step ahead.”

The Fintech Leader of the Year title reinforces Lozben’s position as one of the region’s key visionaries in digital infrastructure and financial technologies and reflects the broader momentum of fintech, Web3 and AI becoming core pillars of the emerging digital economy in MENA.