Eva Varga is Enterprise Development Director for the NESsT Venture Fund
in Central Europe. She holds overall responsibility for the development and
implementation of the NESsT Venture Fund (NVF) in Central Europe (Hungary,
Czech Republic, Slovakia, Croatia and Romania). She provides training and
business and development support to social enterprises in the portfolio, participates
in research and tools development. She represents NESsT externally and maintains
the relationship with partners supporting NESsT’s activities all throughout Europe (business and nonprofit sector, donors, public sector institutions).
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 provide microcredit to micro and small enterprises
in 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.