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, as well as driving digital transformation, front-line customer engagement and inclusive growth. Stephanie is also a multiple award-winning finance leader who has led through a range of roles with experience in transforming underperforming businesses into high-growth portfolios. She was the chief financial officer of the payments processing division of Fifth Third Bancorp, which was later spun out to become Vantiv and then Worldpay, and she also held multiple other 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.

Stephanie has been recognized on the CNBC Changemakers list of Women Transforming Business for 2025 and as a 2025 honoree of the Committee for Economic Development (CED) Distinguished Leadership Awards. She was also named as a 2024 honoree in American Banker’s Most Influential Women in Fintech.

Under Stephanie’s leadership, FIS has been named as one of Newsweek’s Most Trustworthy Companies in America 2025, the World’s Best Companies in 2024 by TIME and listed on the World’s Top Fintech Companies 2025 list by CNBC.