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.
She is the author of best-selling book ‘Bankers Like Us: Dispatches from an Industry in Transition’ (Taylor and Francis, 2023) and of the recently released ‘Beyond Resilience: Patterns of Success in Fintech and Digital Transformation’ (Taylor and Francis, 2025).
She a frequent keynote speaker at flagship industry events globally including SIBOS, Money 20/20 and Finovate, as well as specialist regional and corporate events for banks, tech companies, issuers and regulators;and she is the author of the highly acclaimed #LedaWrites column on Fintech Futures.
Leda is a Visiting Professor of Practice for the University of Loughborough London, focusing on fintech and the digital economy.
She works as an external advisor to boards and executive teams for banks, financial institutions and technology companies globally, supporting leadership teams in transition: be it a process of transforming themselves, their business or their software infrastructure. Additionally, Leda works with established technology and younger fintech companies as an external advisor.
Leda is also the Chair of the Board for Bourn AI and recently served as a Non Executive Director for Flagstone (who achieved one of the highest capital raises of its kind in the UK with backing from Estancia Capital). She was a NED at Simply Pay Me (until its acquisition by MyTown Technologies) and she chaired the Board of Geophy (now a Walker and Dunlop company) through its successful exit.
Previously, 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 client facing technology innovation and business 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.
