DIANA LAYFIELD
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DIANA LAYFIELD
COMPANY: MONZO REVENUE: US $ 1.6BN( 2025)
FOUNDED: 2015
Diana is an ex-Google growth leader and Standard Chartered Africa CEO who took the helm of Monzo in February and is set to spearhead its more than £ 10bn( US $ 13.4bn) IPO and global super-app ambitions. Monzo now has more than 15 million customers and FY2025 revenue topping US $ 1.5bn( up 48 %) thanks to its use of AI for hyperpersonalised banking – driving eight times profit growth to £ 114m( US $ 153.1m). Her playbook positions Monzo as Europe’ s neobank scale champion, eyeing US expansion and embedded finance dominance. Diana Layfield
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