Nilixa Devlukia

Nilixa is the chair of the Open Finance Association, an industry body representing the demand side of open banking and open finance.

Nilixa is also the founder of Payments Solved a consultancy advising on the regulatory framework open banking and open finance. Digital assets, CBDC 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, the FCA, the European Banking Authority and as Head of Regulatory at the Open Banking Implementation Entity. Nilixa has worked extensively with the European Commission, the European Central Bank, the World Bank and regulators across the globe. Nilixa has represented the UK and FCA on various EU and UK level committees including the ECB SecurePay Forum, the EU API Evaluation Group, the UK Payment Strategy Forum, the ECB Market Advisory Group for a Digital Euro and currently sits on the EU Payments Systems Experts Group and Data Expert Group. Nilixa is a well know public speaker and works with industry, regulators and legislators to drive changes in the financial services ecosystem for services that are secure, transparent and inclusive.