Nicola shares her extensive knowledge, insight and experience from being at the forefront of transforming responses to economic abuse with organisations working on the violence against women and girls (VAWG), wider public protection and vulnerability agendas. She works in the UK and globally.
Issue focus: Financial services
Expert Advisor to the International Finance Corporation Empower Finance Initiative.
Member of the Financial Abuse Experts Contact Group, UK Finance.
Support for the development of a playbook on how the financial services sector can respond to economic abuse, Grameen Foundation (US).
Support for the development of a report on 'Disrupting Harm , Empowering Futures in Ghana: The Role of Financial Institutions in Safeguarding Clients from Financial Abuse.'
Research support to a UK bank and university partner.
Delivery of an economic abuse workshop, 13th cohort of the UK Finance/Money Advice Trust Vulnerability Academy.
Client focus: Grameen Foundation
Support in the development of a multi-year global and domestic program focused on combatting financial abuse, Grameen Foundation (US).
Support in exploring the nature and prevalence of financial abuse among microfinance customers in Benin (US).
Review of a financial abuse research toolkit, Grameen Foundation (India).
Development support for the SamRiddhi Equal Future Summit 2026, Grameen Foundation (India).
International speaker
Keynote speaker at the Equal Future Summit: A Global Overview of Financial Safety of Women, Grameen Foundation India.
Panel speaker at the Equal Future Summit: Global Best Practices for a SAFE Ecosystem, Grameen Foundation India.
Panel speaker at the Global Summit on Economic Abuse: Leading the Charge - Global Innovations to End Economic Abuse, International Coalition Against Economic Abuse/NO MORE.
Dinner discussion on early marriage with Princess Mabel of Orange and Teresa May, Concordia, Europe Initiative.
Speaker at the International Summit to Tackle Violence Against Women and Girls, City Hub And Network for Gender Equality (CHANGE) and London Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC).
Speaker at the GLOBAL Women Conference, Anglia Ruskin University.
Panel discussion, Making the Invisible Visible: Safeguarding Women From Financial Abuse at Home, European Microfinance Week, Luxembourg.
Speaker at a seminar on Economic Abuse organised by Lev Uden Vold (Live Without Violence), Denmark.
Issue focus: Employment
Ambassador for I Choose Freedom and advisor to the Opening Doors Project, supporting women into employment from refuge.
Strategic Advisor to We Thrive matching employers with survivors.
Client focus: Money Advice Plus (MAP)
Evaluation of a referral pathway between a domestic abuse service, a debt advice service and a gambling service, Money Advice Plus.
A successful funding application to continue operation of the domestic abuse, debt and gambling pathway into FY26-27.
A feasibility study for a new quality standard in debt advice: defining best practice in responding to victim-survivors of domestic abuse for Money Advice Plus.
A report celebrating 15 years of MAP's work supporting victim-survivors of domestic abuse experiencing financial difficulties.
UK speaker
Panel speaker at 'Let's ACCELERATE ACTION for women's equality', Monzo, Women's Network event.
Panel discussion on 'Systematic Changes for Financial Stability' at Refuge's 2025 Tech Safety Summit.
Delivery of a presentation on 'Understanding Economic Abuse' at the Domestic Abuse and Housing Law Conference, Legal Action Group.
Panel speaker at The ISC Group Breaking the Silence Forum on economic abuse.
A talk on women’s economic equity to members of the Gender Equity Group at Citizen's Advice.
Other advisory
Advisor to FinEquity's working group on tackling financial abuse in financial inclusion.
Advisor to Leo Burnett ad campaign ('most liked' LinkedIn post to date!).
Advisor to survivors working with Teresa Parker Media.