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November 13, 2025

Who is Monzo’s new CEO, Diana Layfield?

Former colleagues describe Layfield as a “decisive” and “highly intelligent” polymath with a “Monty Python-esque” sense of humour


Tom Matsuda

5 min read

Last month, Monzo rocked the fintech industry when it announced CEO TS Anil was stepping down, to be replaced by Diana Layfield, a former exec at tech giant Google and global bank Standard Chartered. 

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Tom Matsuda

Tom Matsuda is a fintech reporter at Sifted and writes our weekly fintech newsletter. Find him on X and LinkedIn

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