Steve Ledford, Senior Vice President Product and Strategy at The Clearing House

Steve's Bio:

Steve Ledford is a well-known and highly regarded thought leader in the payments industry. At The Clearing House, he works with payments leaders on strategic issues facing our banks today and leads initiatives to address them, such as real-time payments.

Mr. Ledford has advised leading banks, financial services firms and payment organizations in the U.S. and globally for more than 30 years. His work has focused on payments, advising clients on business strategy, product development, IT and infrastructure planning, operations and the deployment of new payment systems.

Prior to joining The Clearing House, Mr. Ledford was a partner with Novantas, a financial services consulting firm. Before that he was a leader in McKinsey’s global payments practice, and was President of Global Concepts, a consulting and research firm specializing in payments and cash management.

Mr. Ledford is a graduate of Wofford College with a BA in Economics.