Schedule of Events
Registration and Networking Breakfast
LIXI Forum Welcome
Mike Thanos - Chair, LIXI Limited & GM, Domain Group
Setting the Scene: A Word from our MC
The Forum opens with our host, who will set the direction for the day and hear what you want to achieve.
Leann Jones - CEO & Co-Founder, Nimo
LIXI CEO Keynote
Shane Rigby - CEO, LIXI
Building Connected Ecosystems: LIXI2 Messaging Architecture
Shane Rigby - CEO, LIXI
Kyle Dunsire - Founding Partner, Ingenuity Partners & Founder/Director, Cinch
Panel: Modern LIXI2 Integrations
How modern frameworks including the latest LIXI2 tooling accelerate integrations and lower lifetime total cost of ownership.
Panelists:
- Robert Dyball - Senior Developer, AMAL
- David Spearritt - Applications and Database Administrator, Green Mortgage Lawyers
- Ayhan Baba - Head of Strategic Partnerships, MSA National
Moderator: Shane Rigby - CEO, LIXI
Product Showcase - From Zero to Hero: The Journey to Full Automation
Abhish Saha - CEO, Sandstone Technology
Morning Tea & Networking
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MFAA Industry Update
Anja will provide an overview of the mortgage broking industry, which now facilitates over 76% of all new home loans. Hear key insights on how mortgage brokers have adapted to regulation, AI, open banking and shifting consumer demands.
Anja Pannek - CEO, MFAA
AI Success Stories
Hear from Elula's CEO and CPO about how Elula delivers tangible, measurable returns through business-ready AI products. Discover how Elula's AI products help organisations in the lending domain tackle key strategic priorities, such as retention, growth, margin, and compliance. They will also share guiding principles behind their approach, combining robust AI technology with a strategic focus, and how going beyond predictions with explainable insights enables successful and proven outcomes.
Josh Shipman - CEO & Co-Founder, Elula
Rajesh Thiagarajan - Chief Product Officer, Elula
Product Showcase - Balancing security and innovation efficiently in a regulated environment.
This session addresses the critical challenge of balancing platform security and stability with innovation in a highly regulated environment. Drawing on experience from over 55 real-world integrations, it showcases how LIXI standards can streamline development, reduce risk, and drive future-ready functionality.
Peter Jones - COO & Co-Founder, Nimo Industries
Lunch
Regulatory Updates in Lending
Elise Ivory - Partner, Dentons
Action Initiation under the CDR
Dr. Ian Oppermann - CDR Data Standards Chair, Co-founder ServiceGen, Industry Professor, UTS
Leading with BIAN: Realising Composable Banking Architectures and Accelerating Innovation with LIXI Standards
Mamta Sarangal - Chief Architect and Technology Officer, CC and C Solutions
David Vander - Director, BIAN and CEO, Avolution Software
Afternoon Tea
Lucky Door Prize
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Survived & Thrived: The Unvarnished Truth About Startup Challenges
Industry Leaders & Investors with Broad Perspective on Startup Challenges.
Panelists:
- Richard Wong - ex-Volt (CEO, Assura Digital Services)
- Shaun Lordan - ex-Nano (CEO, Sphere For Good)
- Daniel Cannizzaro - ex-Parpera (Founding Partner, Vida Venture Partners)
- Andy Rigg - ex-Xinja (Chief Customer Officer, Australian Settlements Limited)
Moderator: Ben Ford (Country Manager, Wych and Head of Sales, MOGOPlus)
Your Cognitive Risk Profile: How to Strengthen and Safeguard Your Neural Network
Rachel Copley - Founder, Cognevity, Former Director of LIXI
Wrap up
Networking Refreshments
Connect with peers and speakers over refreshments to close out the day.
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Meet the Speakers
Our speakers are industry leaders and innovators, ready to share their insights.
MC
Leann Jones
CEO and Co-Founder at Nimo
Leann is co-founder of Nimo Industries, a SaaS platform reshaping digital lending and banking. With a background in organisational psychology, she brings a unique lens to tech adoption and cultural transformation. As an active voice in Australian FinTech, she is a passionate advocate for innovation, inclusion, and sustainable change across the ecosystem.
Kyle Dunsire
Founding Partner at Ingenuity Partners
Kyle is a consulting enterprise architect and Founding Partner of Ingenuity Partners. Before starting Ingenuity, Kyle worked in senior architecture roles at both Macquarie Bank and AMP. He is particularly invested in the solutions in the lending space, creating solutions for both brokers and lenders.
Robert Dyball
Senior Developer at AMAL
With over 25 years of experience, Robert is an expert in designing and implementing enterprise solutions. At AMAL since 2015, he has focused on building scalable LIXI applications and payment systems. His career spans mission-critical systems across health, mining, logistics, and telecommunications for both private and government clients.
David Spearritt
Applications and Database Administrator at Green Mortgage Lawyers
With over 30 years of experience, David is a specialist in architecting business databases and applications. He is a strong advocate for business process automation and the adoption of LIXI standards to drive efficiency and innovation.
Abhish Saha
LIXI Director and CEO at Sandstone
With over 30 years of experience, Abhish is a seasoned technology leader, a LIXI Director, and an expert with deep insights into the banking ecosystem. He has driven digital innovation, payments, and lending solutions for major financial institutions across the globe.
Anja Pannek
CEO at MFAA
Anja is an experienced leader with over 20 years in financial services and the broker industry. She brings a strong understanding of the challenges and opportunities in the mortgage broking industry. Prior to the MFAA, Anja was CEO of PLAN Australia and held senior roles at NAB, Loan Market Group, and Challenger.
Josh Shipman
CEO & Co-Founder at Elula
Josh is the CEO and Co-Founder of Elula, a tech company delivering AI as a Service to tackle key challenges in banking. With 20 years of experience, he was previously Head of Automation at CBA and held senior roles in information security. Josh began his career at HSBC before co-founding and exiting a successful UK tech start-up.
Peter Jones
COO at Nimo
Peter is a transformational FinTech leader with deep expertise in strategy, operations, and digital transformation. A former Mutual Bank CEO, he has led large-scale innovations for institutions like ANZ and ME Bank. At Nimo, Peter drives industry change by fusing regulatory insight with cutting-edge technology to solve complex challenges.
Elise Ivory
Partner at Dentons
Elise is a partner in the Banking and Finance practice at Dentons. Her expertise includes advising on all aspects of regulation and distribution, including the NCCP Act, e-lending initiatives, and privacy compliance. She has acted for many major banks, private lenders, mortgage brokers, and aggregators.
Dr. Ian Oppermann
Chair of the Commonwealth’s Data Standards Committee at CDR
Ian is co-founder of ServiceGen, an Industry Professor at UTS, and Chair of the Commonwealth’s Data Standards Committee. From 2015 to 2023, he was the NSW Government’s inaugural Chief Data Scientist and the founding CEO of the NSW Data Analytics Centre.
Mamta Sarangal
Chief Architect at CC&C
Mamta is the Chief Architect at CC&C Solutions, with over 20 years of expertise in Enterprise Architecture and Digital Transformation across telco, health, insurance, and banking. A creative and strategic professional, she excels at shaping architecture strategy and delivering sustainable, innovative solutions.
Richard Wong
CEO at Assuro Digital Services
Richard is an experienced leader across financial services, technology, and government. He has been involved with multiple digital origination platform initiatives, including Volt Bank. Currently, as CEO of Assuro Digital Services, he is building the market infrastructure for digital guarantee instruments in Australia and New Zealand.
Shaun Lordan
CEO at Sphere For Good
Shaun has 20 years of experience in banking, tech, and product across the UK, Africa, and Australia. His journey includes roles as CPO at Nano Home Loans, GM at Lendi Group, a founding member of Volt Bank, and Head of Lending Product at Barclays, bringing a wealth of lessons from wins and losses along the way.
Daniel Cannizzaro
CEO at Vida Ventures
Daniel is a venture builder with deep experience in the Australian and UK banking ecosystems. As Founder of Vida Venture Partners, he builds, advises, and invests in ventures driving economic growth. He previously founded Parpera, Australia's first BaaS-enabled digital banking platform for small businesses.
Andy Rigg
CXO at ASL
Andy is a senior executive with over 25 years of global experience in business creation and transformation. An influential leader in digital delivery and performance improvement, he has gained vast experience at institutions including NAB, Xinja Digital Bank, and Barclays Bank, and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Ben Ford
Country Manager, Wych and Head of Sales, MOGOPlus
Ben has worked in the credit, data, and analytics industry for over 20 years, with stints at Equifax and Dun & Bradstreet. A FinTech expert, he established the Sydney office for Yodlee and worked at Frollo during the spearheading of Open Banking in Australia. He currently consults on Open Banking, lending insights, and AI.
Rachel Copley
Founder at Cognevity
Rachel is the Founder of Cognevity, specialising in Alzheimer’s risk management and brain optimisation. A former LIXI Board Member, she brings two decades of corporate leadership and a background in Medical Microbiology and Biochemistry to help individuals manage cognitive risk and sustain long-term cognitive performance.
Mike Thanos
LIXI Chairman and GM at Domain
Instrumental in LIXI's founding in 2000, Mike now serves as its Chairman. With over 20 years in mortgage industry technology and as a co-founder of IDS and LTX, he has a passion for solving industry problems and has served as a Director and Chair for multiple LIXI working groups, championing its mission of enabling industry efficiency through collaboration.
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