Leonid Alexandrovich Shafirov (Russian: Леонид Александрович Шафиров;born May 7, 1973, Chita) is a Russian financier, scientist, PhD In the 1990s - twice, despite the insolvency of the head offices of the banks, he ensured the return of funds to all clients of the branches he headed. In 1998 - as Acting Chairman of the Board of the insolvent Rostovsocbank, he ensured the return of savings to all individual depositors of that bank. From 1999 until 2008 - a Сhairman of the Board of directors of the Donskoy Narodny Bank. The magazine Bankovskoye Obozreniye included Leonid Shafirov in the top five most successful Russian bankers in 2007.