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.