Julia, prior to Piva, led digital expansion for Entrepreneurial Finance Lab (EFL), a global fintech that increases access to credit in emerging markets through alternative data credit scoring. While at EFL, Julia designed and managed the company’s first inclusive mobile product, starting with one of Kenya’s largest commercial banks, Equity Bank, and eventually scaling the product across three continents. As an operator, Julia gained deep understanding of product management, corporate sales, and social-sector fundraising.
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