About
Rea Parashar
CEO
Rea joined the cluster team in March 2018.
Rea works with sustainability projects, international partnerships, entrepreneurship, and communications in NCE Finance Innovation. She represents the cluster in the Nordic Fintech Alliance. She is set on putting Norwegian fintech on the map, developing sustainable fintech, and getting everyone talking about the innovation that’s happening within the cluster.
She has been leading her professional career in entrepreneurship, growth strategy, and internationalization in London and Norway.
Her work experience stems from two early-stage startups, Innovation Norway, Bayer Healthcare, and The Norwegian Foreign Services. Rea holds an MSc in Management from the London School of Economics (LSE) with a focus in finance and open innovation.
Other: Rea was selected as one of 12 young professionals in Styrekandidaten by Bergen Chamber of Commerce, a program for future Board Members, and joined tech-consultancy, Miles, as an observer. In the period 2021 - 2023, Rea represented Finance Innovation as a member of the Financial Supervisory Act Review Committee (Finanstilsynslovutvalget).