Eva Varga is Enterprise Development Director for the NESsT Venture Fund in Central Europe. Before joining NESsT Ms. Varga worked in the field of microfinance, as a Branch Manager of the Micro Finance Bank of Yugoslavia, an international development bank established to contribute to the revitalization of the economy through the financing of private micro and small enterprises. Ms. Varga was responsible for setting up and running the operations of the Bank in the Northern part of Serbia. In 2000-2001, she participated in the appraisal of microfinance and reforestation projects sponsored by the United Nations and the World Bank in Central America. Prior to this, she worked as an internal management consultant at ABN-Amro Bank in Hungary, where she conducted efficiency surveys and business process redesign projects. From 1995 to 1998, she was a consultant to multinational clients, representing Amer Nielsen Research, a leading market research company in Eastern Europe.
Ms. Varga holds a Masters of International Affairs (M.I.A.) from the School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University and a B.A. in Economics from the Budapest University of Economics. She was born in Eger, Hungary and currently lives in Budapest.