The speakers
Leda Glyptis
Self Employed
Non-Executive Director & Advisor
Leda is a seasoned fintech executive and former banker, with a career spanning two decades working in
transformation and technology functions across a variety of financial services verticals.
Leda is a frequent keynote speaker at flagship industry events globally including Sibos, M20/20, Finovate as
well as specialist regional events; she is the author of the highly acclaimed #LedaWrites column on Fintech
Futures and the best selling book ‘Bankers Like Us: Dispatches from an Industry in Transition’ published by
Taylor and Francis in 2023.
Leda works as an external advisor to boards and executive teams for banks and financial institutions of all sizes,
supporting leadership teams in transition: be it a process of transforming themselves, their business or their
software infrastructure.
Additionally, Leda works with technology and fintech companies as a board director and advisor.
Currently she sits on the board of Flagstone IM as a Non Executive Director and serves as a strategic advisor to
Incuto and Smarter Contracts.
Over the years, she has held a number of NED positions in fintech firms across Europe including chairing the
Board of Geophy (now a Walker and Dunlop company) through its successful exit.
Leda served as the Chief Client Officer of 10x Banking and the founding CEO of 11:FS Foundry (both in the
cloud-native core banking space); she was the Chief Innovation Officer of Qatar National Bank and held a
variety of innovation and transformation roles at BNY Mellon.
Leda completed her undergraduate studies at King’s College Cambridge and holds an MSc and PhD from the
London School of Economics and Political Science.
transformation and technology functions across a variety of financial services verticals.
Leda is a frequent keynote speaker at flagship industry events globally including Sibos, M20/20, Finovate as
well as specialist regional events; she is the author of the highly acclaimed #LedaWrites column on Fintech
Futures and the best selling book ‘Bankers Like Us: Dispatches from an Industry in Transition’ published by
Taylor and Francis in 2023.
Leda works as an external advisor to boards and executive teams for banks and financial institutions of all sizes,
supporting leadership teams in transition: be it a process of transforming themselves, their business or their
software infrastructure.
Additionally, Leda works with technology and fintech companies as a board director and advisor.
Currently she sits on the board of Flagstone IM as a Non Executive Director and serves as a strategic advisor to
Incuto and Smarter Contracts.
Over the years, she has held a number of NED positions in fintech firms across Europe including chairing the
Board of Geophy (now a Walker and Dunlop company) through its successful exit.
Leda served as the Chief Client Officer of 10x Banking and the founding CEO of 11:FS Foundry (both in the
cloud-native core banking space); she was the Chief Innovation Officer of Qatar National Bank and held a
variety of innovation and transformation roles at BNY Mellon.
Leda completed her undergraduate studies at King’s College Cambridge and holds an MSc and PhD from the
London School of Economics and Political Science.