VP Europe, Viola Credit
Neha is VP Europe at Viola Credit and will setup & lead Viola’s London office. She is primarily responsible for executing and managing private debt investments and working closely with LPs across Europe.
Before Viola, Neha spent 10 years within European high growth tech companies as CFO/COO. She has led and closed multiple equity and debt transactions (Series B, venture debt, wholesale funding) including at Kriya (UK SMB lender; Fintech50) and Divido (Global BNPL technology platform; FT1000). She has deep expertise within Fintech, and has built international teams, launched new products and spearheaded game-changing commercial partnerships with tier-1 global banks like Barclays. Neha started her career at Deutsche Bank as Vice President – Rates trading in London. At DB her team of 3 traders was managed 13+ billion assets under management & she also helped launch and grow the DB exchange traded funds platform.
She holds a B.Tech. in Computer Science from IIT Delhi, India and a MBA from Wharton Business School, USA. She was part of the Management Today’s 2018 35 Women Under 35 list in the UK.
Things you might not know about Neha:
- Neha loves Indian classical music and used to play the sitar. She is currently learning Dhrupad which is the oldest surviving classical style of Hindustani (or North Indian) vocal music.
- In her downtime, she loves curling up in bed with a good class mystery (Sherlock Holmes, Agatha Christie).
- She also loves going on treks, long walks and playing tennis.
