Khalia currently works in the Chief Controls Office at Barclays where she is the Tech SME within the Policies and Standards Team. Outside of her role, Khalia sits on the Black Professionals Forum at Barclays. In this role she has run a Leadership Programme to help develop, promote and retain aspiring Directors and Managing Directors at Barclays. She has also run an event on the Windrush to discuss BAME contributions in a post-Brexit era. Outside of work, she has taken part in a significant number of external initiatives with The Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME), JLL, Twilio, The Social Inclusion Unit (My Life My Say) and with the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for STEM to promote diversity and inclusion within the community and various public/private sectors. Her TEDx talk ‘Why diversity initiatives fail’ and her extensive mentoring within the community has led her to receive numerous awards and accolades such as The Black British Business Awards – Financial Services Rising Star (2016); We Are The City Rising Star (2017); Barclays Diversity Awards/WIBF – Finalist (2018); and Brummell Magazines Top 30 Inspirational Women City Pioneers (2018).