skip to content
dimitris kontaris
  • work
  • books
  • creative
dimitris kontaris
  • work →
  • books →
  • creative →

Selected work.

Case studies from 17 years of design leadership. Each one shaped by the same principle: understand the problem deeply, then build the team and process to solve it.

Global Relay
Global Relay · Director of UX Design

Global Relay

Scaled a design team from 15 to 76 across three countries with 93% retention. Built a design system now adopted across all products, raised UX maturity by nearly 2 points on the NNG framework, and moved design from a service function to a strategic partner.

org scaling design systems compliance
view case study →
HSBC Kinetic app HSBC
HSBC · Head of Design

HSBC Kinetic

Restructured and grew a 25-person design team for HSBC's award-winning commercial banking app. Kinetic achieved 4.8/5.0 from 22,000+ reviews, won Best Mobile Initiative (Banking Tech Awards) and Best Business Bank Account four years running (Moneynet Awards).

design leadership org building banking
view case study →

earlier work

Eikon Top News

Eikon Top News

Thomson Reuters · Redesign of the most-used app on the Eikon financial platform

My Files on Eikon

My Files

Thomson Reuters · Research-driven file management system for the Eikon platform

Let's connect.

Open to senior design leadership opportunities in financial services and technology. Always happy to talk about building teams, shipping products, and raising the bar for design.

LinkedIn → dimitris.kontaris@icloud.com →
dimitris kontaris © 2026 London, UK