Payments and financial services technology company Fiserv has appointed Takis Georgakopoulos as chief executive officer and board member, effective immediately, the company said on Monday. He succeeds Mike Lyons, who stepped down as CEO and board member to become CEO of Truist Financial Corporation.
Fiserv reaffirmed its full-year 2026 outlook alongside the announcement, guiding for organic revenue growth of 1% to 3% and adjusted earnings per share of $8.00 to $8.30.
Georgakopoulos joined Fiserv in late 2024 and most recently served as co-president leading Technology and Merchant Solutions. Before Fiserv, he was Global Head of Payments at J.P. Morgan’s Corporate & Investment Bank. Earlier in his career he was a partner at McKinsey & Company.
“He has driven meaningful progress in modernizing our merchant platform, accelerating Clover, and embedding AI across our infrastructure,” said Gordon Nixon, Chairman of the Fiserv Board of Directors.
Lyons had held the CEO role since May 2025, when he succeeded Frank Bisignano.
Fiserv used its May investor day to outline a client-service and product-delivery reset under its ‘One Fiserv’ action plan. Georgakopoulos was already a central figure in that effort, leading the merchant-solutions agenda presented to investors.
