Alastair Hops

Chief Risk Officer

Alastair has worked in the financial services industry for more than 15 years, with specific interests in retail banking solutions and financial modeling. Prior to joining Prodigy Finance, he spent seven years in London as Finance and Operations Director of a tech accessories start-up-turned-global-brand, which now has outlets in 25 countries. Alastair enjoys wide open spaces, hitting golf balls and multi-stage mountain bike races, wherever he can find them. B.Sc., Computer Science and Chartered Accountant (South Africa).

Cate Band

Chief People Officer

Cate has worked in People for close to 15 years. After spending the first part of her career in established multinational FMCG organisations, Cate transitioned into FinTech. She is passionate about helping people & organizations thrive, particularly as they navigate the complex and exciting growth stages of the business lifecycle. Cate enjoys time with friends, travel, yoga and trail running. B.A, M.A. International Relations (Rhodes University) and Accredited Diploma in Coaching (ICF).

Nicole de Rauville

Global General Counsel

Nicole has 17 years’ legal experience and is qualified in South Africa and the United Kingdom. She spent 9 years at an international law firm; in the corporate practice in Amsterdam, covering equity capital markets, private equity and public takeovers, before joining the finance practice in London. Nicole joined Prodigy Finance in Cape Town as legal counsel in 2014. She loves hiking the mountains around Cape Town and spends hours in the kitchen preparing feasts for family and friends.

Neha Sethi

Chief Financial Officer

Neha is a specialist in corporate finance, structured credit and impact investing. She has over 15 years of experience in finance and capital markets and has held multiple senior leadership roles including at a large investment bank in London. Neha has played sports all her life and had some notable achievements in tennis. She is particularly passionate about encouraging equal opportunities for girls in sports, as well as being an avid traveller and ardent foodie. BA (Economics), University Of Cambridge.

Nico Barnard

Chief Operating Officer

Nico has over 12 years’ financial services experience working with blue chip companies, and 10 years in consulting having established his own strategic consulting company. He specializes in operations, risk management and is focused on putting the customer at the heart of what we do. Nico enjoys running and travelling to interesting places with his family. BA (Industrial Sociology), MBA (Potchefstroom) and GMP (Harvard).

Cameron Stevens

Founder and CEO

Cameron Stevens is a serial entrepreneur with a focus on social entrepreneurship and FinTech. He came up with the idea of Prodigy Finance as an international student who experienced challenges funding his degree. Cameron knew his INSEAD classmates were ideal candidates for low-interest loans. But while talent is borderless, and evenly distributed in the world, access to finance is not. Cameron set out to change that by removing financial barriers for high potential people to access the world’s best education. Cameron is a chili fiend, street food aficionado, bookworm, planespotter and relentless traveler.

Sonal Kapoor

Chief Commercial Officer

Sonal has over 13 years of experience as a strategic leader in FinTech, e-commerce, product innovation, and strategic partnerships. She joined Prodigy after eight successful years at Flipkart, where she held the role of Senior Director - Chief of Staff to the CEO. At Prodigy Finance, Sonal is responsible for overseeing and optimising Prodigy Finance’s commercial operations on a global scale, strengthening client relationships, and enhancing overall customer experience.

For over two decades, Judith led and transformed two global institutions: the University of Pennsylvania, where she was the first woman to lead an Ivy League Institution, and the Rockefeller Foundation, where she was the first woman to serve as President. At Rockefeller, Judith brought in a new era of strategic philanthropy that emphasised partnerships with business, government, and the community to address and solve complex challenges of the 21st century and championed two new fields that are now pervasive: resilience and impact investing.

Before becoming a General Partner at Balderton, Tim spent 18 years at Goldman Sachs where he acted as Vice-Chairman of Goldman Sachs International amongst a number of other roles. He is a Cambridge alum, and is a Trustee of both the Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity and the Paul Hamlyn Foundation.

Edward is the co-founder and former Chief Executive of multi-billion-pound company Betfair. He previously worked at J.P. Morgan & Co. and has twice been named Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year. Edward has an MA in Engineering, Economics and Management from Oxford and is now an active angel investor.

Before Alan became co-founder and Chairman of MMC Ventures, he spent 28 years at McKinsey & Co. where he was head of the financial services practice in UK, Europe and the Middle East. He has an MA in Law from Oxford, and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He is also a football-enthusiast and qualified barrister.

Dominique is part of the executive team of the JSE listed RMI and RMB Holdings, the holding companies of leading financial services companies (FirstRand, Discovery, OUTsurance, MMI Holdings and Hastings) with operations spread across the world. She heads up RMI’s fintech initiative, AlphaCode, having previously been a founding member of a successful entrepreneurial fintech business.