Sewar Quran is a vice president at The Asia Group, where she is a member of the firm’s GCC Practice. She advises clients on regulatory frameworks, market-entry risk, and corporate strategy across the Gulf region.
Prior to joining The Asia Group, Sewar was an associate director at Global Counsel, where she led advisory engagements for financial service providers, technology multinationals, and Gulf government entities. During her time at the firm, she also hosted The Global Month Ahead, a monthly podcast offering a breakdown and analysis of global political and economic developments.
Sewar brings deep expertise advising C-suite executives of financial and technology multinationals on the strategic, regulatory, and reputational dimensions of operating in the Gulf. She counsels senior leadership teams on market-entry and expansion strategy, government and stakeholder engagement, regulatory positioning, and strategic communications. Her work includes preparing executives for ministerial meetings, government convenings, and high-profile public appearances, as well as developing the messaging, briefing materials, and engagement strategies that underpin them. She has advised an international fintech platform and a frontier technology investment firm on the treatment of digital assets and cryptocurrency under Gulf financial regimes, guiding leadership through evolving regulatory environments and shaping how their firms position themselves with regulators, policymakers, and the public.
Alongside her private sector work, Sewar has advised ministers and ministerial-rank officials in the Gulf on matters related to trade, foreign investment attraction, and sports. She has supported senior government stakeholders on the delivery of major sporting events, investment conferences, and public convening platforms, and led a regulatory and policy review to modernize the framework of a Gulf-based free zone jurisdiction.
Sewar began her career as a Legal Assistant at White & Case LLP in Washington, D.C., where she supported attorney teams representing foreign sovereigns in U.S. court proceedings and corporations at the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes.
Sewar holds a B.A in Sociology and International Studies from Kenyon College, with a concentration in Economic and Political Development in the Middle East. She is a native Arabic and English speaker.