Oracle Financial Services Summit Featured Speakers

Dr. Leda Glyptis

NED, Advisor, Author, Speaker

Dr Leda Glyptis is a fintech executive, former banker and trusted advisor to banks, financial institutions and technology companies navigating transformation. With more than 20 years’ experience across financial services, she has led technology, innovation and business transformation roles at organisations including BNY Mellon, Qatar National Bank, 10x Banking and 11:FS Foundry.

Leda now works with boards and executive teams globally on the strategic, operational and technology changes required to modernise successfully. She is Chair of the Board at Bourn AI and has held non-executive director roles with Flagstone, Simply Pay Me and Geophy.

A frequent keynote speaker at leading industry events including SIBOS, Money20/20 and Finovate, Leda is also the author of Bankers Like Us and Beyond Resilience. She writes the acclaimed #LedaWrites column for Fintech Futures and is a Visiting Professor of Practice at Loughborough University London, focusing on fintech and the digital economy.

Christian Hagman

MD Global Ecosystems Financial Services, Accenture

Christian is Accenture's Global Leader for Ecosystems within the Finance practice, bringing more than 30 years of experience in Finance Transformation and Technology delivery. With a career built on implementing Oracle solutions, he combines deep platform expertise with a forward-looking focus on the role of AI in the Finance function.

Based in the UK, Christian leads Accenture's Finance team across Financial Services, working with clients to navigate the rapidly evolving intersection of AI and enterprise finance. He is at the forefront of Accenture's relationships with leading AI vendors, translating emerging capabilities into practical, scalable solutions for Finance organisations.

As a recognised voice on AI-driven transformation in Finance, Christian brings both strategic perspective and hands-on delivery experience to the conversation — making him well placed to explore how Oracle's ecosystem is evolving to meet the demands of an AI-first world.

Kevin Kimber

Senior Vice President & Country Leader, UK&I, Oracle

Kevin Kimber is SVP for Oracle UK and Ireland, leading one of Oracle’s most strategically important markets. He is responsible for driving growth, customer success, organisational performance and execution across the UK and Ireland, helping organisations leverage Oracle’s technology portfolio to modernise, innovate and compete more effectively in a rapidly evolving market.

With more than 25 years of experience in SaaS and enterprise technology leadership, Kevin has a strong track record of scaling high-growth international businesses through transformation and expansion. Prior to Oracle, he held senior leadership roles at ServiceNow and Zuora, supporting both companies through their successful IPOs and periods of global hypergrowth. He later served as CEO of Rimilia, leading the business through rapid growth and its successful acquisition by BlackLine in 2020.

Kevin is passionate about helping customers turn technology into a competitive advantage. He works closely with business and technology leaders to drive innovation, accelerate transformation and deliver measurable outcomes through cloud, AI, data and automation. He is focused on building high-performing teams and developing long-term customer partnerships that create sustainable growth, trusted collaboration, and lasting business value.

David McWilliams

Economist

As one of the few economists ever to speak on the official TED stage, David’s 2023 TED Talk, The Power of Unconventional Thinking, has surpassed 1.2 million views worldwide - highlighting his ability to captivate and inspire through fresh perspectives.

His show, The David McWilliams Podcast, has reached over 35 million downloads, making it one of the world’s most successful economics podcasts.

He’s also the founder of the world’s only economics and stand-up comedy festival, Kilkenomics-described by the Financial Times as “simply, the best economics conference in the world.”

Kevin Brown

Chairman, Bank Aston

Kevin is Chair of Bank Aston, Guernsey’s first locally licensed bank in nearly 30 years, established to serve offshore trustees, investment funds and family offices.

With more than 35 years’ experience in banking and financial services, he also holds independent regulatory roles with the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR). In addition, Kevin is Chair of One Group Solutions (London) Ltd, a non-executive director of a digital identity company, and has a number of angel investment interests.

Previously, Kevin served as Senior Independent Director and a member of the Risk Committee on the Bank of England’s RTGS/CHAPS Board. He has also served as Chair of Audit, Risk & Governance for a UK telecommunications regulator, Global Advisor to KPMG on payments matters working across Europe, Australia, the USA and Canada, and Chairman of a Luxembourg-based fund management company.

Peter Horton

Chief Executive Officer, Gibraltar International Bank

Peter began his career with Barclays in the UK in 1984 undertaking a variety of roles including specialisations in Risk, Project Management, and Corporate Relationship Management. In 1999 he moved to Botswana with Barclays Africa as Risk Director, to subsequently establish and run the Barclays pan-African Corporate Turnaround function based in Kenya. Leaving Barclays in 2004, Peter subsequently assumed the role of Director of Corporate Banking with First Caribbean International Bank with responsibility for Bahamas and Turks and Caicos.

Peter has undertaken CEO roles both internationally and in the UK, initially with the Bank of Maldives followed by Bermuda Commercial Bank, returning to the UK to lead Diamond Bank (UK) and then Al Rayan Bank PLC. He has gained considerable leadership experience delivering organisational and strategic change.

Peter holds a First-Class Honours Degree in Financial Services from UMIST and is an Associate of the Institute of Financial Services (formerly the Chartered Institute of Bankers).

Sovan Shatpathy

Senior Vice President, Product Management and Development, Financial Services, Oracle

Sovan Shatpathy serves as the head of product management and development for Oracle Financial Services. In this capacity, he provides strategic oversight for Oracle’s global product portfolio, driving innovation and growth across various sectors, including retail and corporate banking, capital markets, enterprise payments and risk, financial crime management, insurance and revenue management and billing.

Previously, Sovan was the CTO at Navy Federal Credit Union (NFCU), where he led the Enterprise Technology Services division. There, he delivered transformative solutions that redefined member experiences through an integrated omnichannel approach. Under his leadership, NFCU advanced its real-time money movement and money management capabilities, empowering members with greater financial control and flexibility. He also spearheaded digital engagement strategies and executed a comprehensive workforce digitisation initiative to enhance employee productivity and collaboration.

Before his time at NFCU, Sovan served as CTO at Amtrak. Earlier in his career, he spent more than a decade at Cisco in senior leadership roles spanning Cisco Services and IT. He has also held senior leadership positions at Fortune 500 organisations such as Fujitsu and Cognizant.

Sovan holds a bachelor's degree in electrical and electronics engineering from Manipal Institute of Technology in India and an MBA from Symbiosis International University, also in India.

Barry Hurley

Vice President Sales UK&I Financial Services, Oracle

Barry Hurley is a sales leader with over 30 years’ experience in the technology and IT services sector. Currently serving as an Oracle Applications Vice President, Barry is responsible for leading Oracle’s UK Financial Services business and serves as the country leader for Ireland. In his role, he drives strategic initiatives, helping organisations realise their growth ambitions.

Before joining Oracle, Barry spent six years at Amazon Web Services (AWS), where he led the Enterprise business. His key areas of responsibility included driving growth, spearheading AI adoption, and leading client acquisition strategies for large-scale enterprise customers.

Sarah Henry

VP Financial Services Industry, EMEA

Sarah Henry is VP, Financial Services Industry EMEA, at Oracle. With more than 25 years’ experience in technology and financial services, Sarah has broad expertise across strategy development and execution, business transformation, investment case creation, solutions implementation, business architecture, solution design and development and even a spell as a COO.

Sarah has been at Oracle for 13 years and before that worked for RBS, now NatWest. She has a depth of experience in Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications, industry solutions and previously PeopleSoft and has worked with many organisations supporting the delivery of business transformation programmes enabled by technology solutions.

Paul Gorman

CEO, Bank Aston

Paul Gorman is the CEO and co-founder of Bank Aston, a newly-licensed bank that is building on Oracle Banking Cloud Solution.

Paul worked in large banks for over 20 years before transitioning into fintech and neo-banking. He worked in front office investment banking at Barclays Capital across capital markets and derivatives for 13 years. He then crossed to Corporate and institutional banking in Santander UK where, for 7 years, he built and ran FX and international cash management solutions. Paul was a Royal Naval Engineering Officer for 6 years before transitioning into the banking sector.

Mark Dunleavy

SVP Financial Services Industry, EMEA

Mark Dunleavy is SVP of the Financial Services Industry, EMEA, at Oracle. Mark has a wealth of senior management experience in the technology industry: prior to joining Oracle, Mark was responsible for starting and developing AWS’s Ireland/Northern Ireland business; before his time at AWS, Mark held a number of senior leadership positions in Protegrity (VP EMEA), SAP (UKI FSI Director) and Informatica (UKI MD).

Simon de Montfort Walker

Executive Vice President, Industry Applications, Oracle

Simon de Montfort Walker, EVP of Industry Applications at Oracle, provides executive leadership for global support, development, product management, marketing and innovation initiatives for Oracle’s multi-billion-dollar vertical business. He is responsible for strategy execution, operational performance, and the delivery of AI—driven and cloud-enabled solutions for consumer-focused industries such as financial services, hospitality, retail and utilities. Simon is the director of Oracle Financial Services Software Limited for the banking sector.

Simon joined Oracle as SVP in 2019, managing Oracle’s restaurant point of sale business. Simon has also built Oracle’s embedded finance offering. Prior, he served as CTO and president of eGate Solutions at gategroup. A seasoned financial services technology executive with deep experience across banking, wealth and asset management and insurance, he led insurance platform development at Bluecod, delivered wealth and asset management solutions at Octavian and built core banking data capabilities with Unicorn solutions. Simon holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Kings College and a master’s degree with honors from The University of Texas at Austin.