Nicole is the Head of Corporate & Regulatory Affairs at the Centre for Finance, Innovation & Technology (CFIT) and is an EIR at Global Digital Finance (GDF). She is a digital policy expert who drives policy and stakeholder engagement on digital regulation and initiatives including AI & DLT use cases. Further, she participates in various regulatory and policy forums and industry groups. For example, Nicole is on the European Commission’s Expert Group on Regulatory Obstacles to Financial Innovation. In addition, she presented on AI at the EC FinTech Lab and participated in both the Crypto-asset and Blockchain roundtable and Digital Identity roundtable at the European Parliament. She regularly speaks on panels, presents at conferences and universities, has articles published and focuses on upskilling and diversity initiatives. Further, she was named in the Financial News ‘Top 20 Most Influential Women in Digital Assets’