Deborah Kops

Deborah Kops

Industry Influencer and Shared Services Expert Sourcing Change

Deborah Kops is Principal of Sourcing Change. She currently works with leading enterprises to develop new target operating models for a range of business functions by rethinking work content, structure, scope, solutions, organizations and roles in the face of four key disrupters: rapid digitization, generational shifts, changing business dynamics and the imperative for performance. Her focus is on developing repeatable tools including predictive models and playbooks, deconstructing actual work on a range of dimensions: what it is, why it needs to be done, who should do it, and where it should be delivered. Her career includes managing directorships at FleetBoston Financial’s (now Bank of America) Technology and Operations Group, reporting to the Vice Chairman, and at Deutsche Bank; consulting partnerships at Arthur Andersen and PricewaterhouseCoopers; and chief marketing officer of an Indian-legacy outsourcing company. She also served as research director for Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), where she led their finance process transformation initiative, looking at how the finance function is changing in light of both automation and generational shifts. Currently she sits on the advisory boards of Sequoia-funded samya.ai, paymentworks.com and datalytyx.com, and managed strategy and acquisitions for Warburg Pincus-funded Mercator.com. Deborah is also the founder of Liberty Source PBC, the first U.S. onshore business process services company that combines automation and the talents of military spouses to compete with offshore business process delivery. Deborah frequently presents at major industry forums, and leads The Conference Board’s Global Business Services Council. She is a member of SSON’s Global advisory board and was the presenter of its Hardtalk series. She can be reached at deborah.kops@sourcingchange.com.

Conference Day Two: May 20th, 2026

2:30 PM G6 Digital Debate: GBS Dragon's Den

There's no argument that business process outsourcers have been instrumental in creating the global business services industry. Yet is their value proposition fit for purpose in today's rapidly evolving business context?  This year we're taking a different spin on the famous G6, pitting some of our leading business services providers against GBS leaders in the effort to gauge how their offerings have evolved, and what value they provide. In rapid-fire fashion, a select group of BPO leaders will pitch their current propositions our feistiest, most opinionated leaders. Can the providers be differentiated? Are their services constructs agile? Is implementation of AI a method to cut their costs, or a game-changer for their clients?

Conference Day Three: May 21st, 2026

11:30 AM NAVIGATE YOUR GBS CAREER THROUGH THE ENTERPRISE TIDES

Mergers, acquisitions, divestitures – the enterprise world never stands still, and neither does the GBS career which is deeply tied to these events. How do you steer your career when the enterprise landscape changes beneath you? This session explores strategies for thriving through transformation:

• How are enterprise changes affect the GBS career?

• What to do when your GBS is acquired, when your business splits, or when your mandate evolves overnight?

• Leave with a playbook for resilience, adaptability, and influence no matter which way the enterprise tide flows


Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Deborah.

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