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.

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