Stephen David Layton MBE (born 23 December 1966) is an English conductor. Layton was raised in Derby, where his father was a church organist. He was a chorister at Winchester Cathedral, and subsequently won scholarships to Eton College and then King's College, Cambridge as an organ scholar under Stephen Cleobury. Layton was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2020 Birthday Honours for services to classical music.