Nicola is the National Industry Leader for Financial Services at KPMG New Zealand, a role which operates pan-firm across banking and finance, insurance, wealth management and property funds. Nicola has worked in and with the financial services sector in New Zealand, Ireland and the United Kingdom for the last 20 years, with ten of those years have been within banking institutions.  She ensures local and global perspectives are at the fore front of services to the FS sector and brings the global lens to the ecosystem in Aotearoa.  Nicola sits on the Executive Council for FintechNZ.