Europe has the potential to be a global leader in the technology sector but we need to invest in innovation, scale and talent to compete on the world stage.

Steven Gleed

EY EMEIA Technology Sector Leader

Four decades serving tech companies. Half Brit, half Finn. Property developer. Winter War historian. Enjoys book writing, house building, squash, yoga, Led Zeppelin and travel. Husband and father.

Steven leads an integrated team of EY professionals in technology, and is responsible for driving strategy and growth for the European tech sector across Strategy and Transactions, Consulting, Tax, and Assurance.

Combining the strengths of the broad range of EY services, he leads a diverse team of senior professionals to address clients’ most complex business challenges in the technology sector. 

Before joining EY, Steven held various leadership positions with another global professional services firm and a technology company. For 24 years, he was the Global Client Service Partner at one of the world’s leading technology companies headquartered in Helsinki.

Steven holds a BSc in Management Sciences from Loughborough University of Technology and is a qualified ACA.

How Steven is building a better working world

Over the last four decades our world has experienced unprecedented geopolitical, social and technological disruption, and the tech sector has been at the center of these transformational changes. Steven has supported technology clients through the disruptive changes of ERP, the mobile phone, internet, social media, AI and Cloud.

Now, generative AI is poised to revolutionize industries across the globe, reshaping how we work, create and innovate, while transforming how we live, learn and interact. Technology clients are once again transforming the world, and Steven is using his deep experience in tech to steer clients through what’s possible and help accelerate the pace of human advancement.

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