Stephanie Ferris currently serves as FIS’ chief executive officer and president as well as a member of the Board of Directors. Stephanie formerly served as chief operating officer and chief administrative officer of FIS.

She is an experienced global business executive with expertise leading payments and technology platform businesses, driving digital transformation, front-line customer engagement and inclusive growth. Stephanie is also a multiple award-winning finance leader who has also held a general manager role that transformed an underperforming business unit into the highest growth portfolio within the company. She was the chief financial officer of the payments processing division of Fifth Third Bancorp, which was later spun out and became Vantiv, and held multiple progressive financial leadership roles at Fifth Third. Stephanie began her career in public accounting at PricewaterhouseCoopers. She is also a certified public accountant and graduate of Miami University.

She was named as American Banker’s Most Influential Women in Fintech 2024 and is also a 2019 YWCA Career Women of Achievement honoree, a 2018 PaymentsSource Most Influential Women in Payments winner and a 2016 Stevie Awards for Women in Business silver honoree.