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Mina Haque

Mohaimina "Mina" Haque is the first female Global CEO in Tony Roma's 54-year history, a practicing attorney, and an Adjunct Law Professor at American University Washington College of Law. She has spoken at Davos, the UN General Assembly, and Cannes Lions, and was named a 2025 Chief New Era Award winner — judged by leaders from Morgan Stanley, Walt Disney, and Alphabet.

Mohaimina "Mina" Haque is the first female Global CEO in Tony Roma's 54-year history, overseeing operations in 20+ countries. A practicing attorney and Adjunct Law Professor at American University Washington College of Law, she is one of the only active lawyers serving as a global CEO. Mina has spoken at Davos 2025, the UN General Assembly, and Cannes Lions, and has been featured in Forbes, Bloomberg TV, Inc. Magazine, Entrepreneur, and Politico. She is the creator of The Franchise of Self™ — a proprietary leadership framework developed across the world's most elite stages. In 2025, she was named a Chief New Era Award winner, alongside cohort members including Fei-Fei Li, Daniela Amodei, and Jane Fraser, judged by C-suite leaders from Morgan Stanley, Walt Disney, Alphabet, and Etsy.

Mohaimina "Mina" Haque is a global CEO, practicing attorney, law professor, and keynote speaker whose career defies conventional categories. As the first female Global CEO in Tony Roma's 54-year history, she leads a brand operating in 20+ countries — bringing the precision of a litigator and the vision of a strategist to one of the most storied names in the restaurant industry. Mina is an Adjunct Law Professor at American University Washington College of Law, where she teaches Law Practice Management. She has guest lectured at Cornell University (SC Johnson College of Business, 2022 & 2026), NYU, and the University of North Texas on leading in the C-suite, the intersection of law and business, and the neuroscience of leadership. She has spoken at the World Economic Forum in Davos, the UN General Assembly, and Cannes Lions, and has been featured in Forbes, Bloomberg TV, Inc. Magazine, Entrepreneur, Politico, NRN, FSR Magazine, Restaurant Business Online, Her Agenda, and Attorney at Law Magazine. In 2025, she was named a Chief New Era Award winner — selected alongside cohort members including Fei-Fei Li, Daniela Amodei, Bela Bajaria, and Jane Fraser, and judged by C-suite leaders from Morgan Stanley, Walt Disney, Alphabet, Etsy, Squarespace, and Tripadvisor. Mina is the creator of The Franchise of Self™ — a proprietary leadership framework that teaches leaders to treat themselves like a franchise: defining their brand, building their system, scaling through others, and evolving without losing their identity. She speaks on leadership, law, entrepreneurship, neuroplasticity, legacy brand transformation, and the future of inclusive power.