Leda is a leading corporate governance expert in Greece, also recognised internationally. Leda is at present Corporate Governance Director and Company Secretary at MYTILINEOS – a leading global Industrial & Energy company listed on the Athens Stock Exchange with a strong international presence in five continents.

She is the founder of the Hellenic Corporate Governance Council, jointly formed between the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV) and the Athens Stock Exchange (ATHEX), where she served as General Manager and Board member. During her time there she conceived, designed, and liaised with both organisations to help create the first Hellenic Corporate Governance Code.

Leda has diverse and extensive experience in financial services through leadership roles in the fields of corporate governance, stock markets, asset management, corporate affairs, policy making and advocacy, amongst others.

Leda has been a non-executive board member of companies in the financial services sector and of state-owned enterprises. She has also been involved in government committees of the Greek Ministries of Employment, Interior and Finance – where she served as a member of law-making committees – the Hellenic Capital Markets Commission, the General Secretariat for Gender Equality, and the Board of Directors of the Athens Derivatives Exchange (prior to its merger with ATHEX).

She is a founding member and currently Chair of the Non-Executive Directors’ Club in Greece, and Board Vice-Chair and member of the Advocacy Committee of ecoDa.

Leda received a Ph.D. in Finance and an M.A. in Accounting and Finance from Lancaster University, UK. She also holds the European Board Diploma from the European Confederation of Directors Associations (ecoDa), Belgium.