Nilixa is the Chair of the Open Finance Association, an industry body representing companies focused on empowering consumers and business through open banking and open finance. Nilixa is also the founder of Payments Solved, a regulatory consultancy advising on the regulatory framework for open banking, digital currency, crypto assets and payment services both in the UK and globally. Nilixa is an experienced regulatory expert and lawyer with a Masters in European Competition Law and over 20 years of banking and payments experience gained from her time at Barclays, UK and EU regulators and the Open Banking Implementation Entity. Nilixa is a member of the ECB Digital Euro Market Advisory Group, the European Payment Systems Market Expert Group and the European Data Expert Group.

Nilixa works with industry, regulators and legislators to drive changes in the banking and payments ecosystem for a payments and open banking landscape that is secure, transparent and inclusive.