Advisory Board
Mr. Yarom Ariav
Chairman of the Executive Committee, Ben-Gurion University
Chairman, Lavi Capital
External Director of Hadera Paper, Zur Shamir and Sonol Israel
Former Director General of the Ministry of Finance
Former CEO of ICL Fertilizers Europe
Prof. Dan Amiram
The Vice Dean, Coller School of Management, Tel Aviv University
Joseph Safra Chaired Professor for Capital Markets and Financial Institutions, Coller School of Management
Board Member, Mercantile Discount Bank Ltd.
Board Member, weSure global Tech
Chairman of the United Nations Advisory Committee on Internal Controls
Mr. Marian Cohen
President, the Mer Group
President, the Israeli Hi-Tech Association
Chairman, The Israeli Federation of Bi-Lateral Chambers of Commerce
Chairman, The Defence Industries Division, Israel Export Institute
Prof. Zvi Eckstein
Dean, Tiomkin School of Economics, and Head of Aaron Institute for Economic Policy, The Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya – IDC
Former Deputy Governor, Bank of Israel
Emeritus Professor, Tel Aviv University, the Eitan Berglas School of Economics
Co-Author (with M. Botticini), “The Chosen Few: How Education Shaped Jewish History, 70 – 1492”
Mr. Sagive Greenspan
CEO, Priority Group
Former General Manager of Payments and Head of Finastra Israel. Leader of the corporate end-to-end payments business.
General Manager of Payments and Head of Finastra Israel. Leader of the corporate end-to-end payments business.
20 years of experience in managing the most complex transformational programs in the IT industry.
Has managed organizations spanning hundreds to thousands of people including acquisition of multiple companies in Europe, US and Israel.
Former Division President position at Amdocs.
Prof. Shmuel Hauser
Senior Vice President, former Dean of Business, ONO Academic College
Professor of Finance, Ben-Gurion University
External director of Gazit Globe, Cellcom and Alrov
Former Chairman of the Israel Securities Authority (ISA). Led extensive legislation to ease the regulatory burden on public companies, including the successful demutalization of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
An awardee of the “Champion Award of Government Quality”, 2018
Mrs. Esther Levanon
Director of Malam Team Group
Member of the Executive Committee, Tel Aviv Academic College
Member of the Audit Committee, Tel Aviv University
Former CEO, Tel Aviv Stock Exchange
Former Director of Bank Leumi
Founder and former Head of the IT Division, Israel Security Service
Prof. Oded Sarig
Professor of Finance, the Arison School for Business Administration, the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya
Associate Professor, the Wharton School, University of Philadelphia
Former Supervisor of Capital Markets, Insurance and Savings, Minister of Finance
Former Chairman, Migdal Insurance and Financial Holdings
Former Director of Bank Hapoalim
Former Head of the Finance and Accounting Department, Tel Aviv University
Ms. Ornit Shinar
Head of External Innovation & Venture Investing Israel, Citi
Board Member, Access Fintech, Silverfort
Advisory Board Member, Copenhagen Fintech
Member of the Board of Governors, Jerusalem College of Engineering
Co-Chair, Citi Women in Business Israel
Former Director of External Innovation, Lenovo
Former Head of Citi Accelerator TLV
Mr. Igal Rotem
Chief Executive Officer, Finaro
Chairman of Credorax since 2010 and CEO since 2016
Previously co-founder and CEO of PowerDsine (Nasdaq: PDSN), sold to Microsemi for $250m
Prior to that, CEO of Butterfly Communications
A seasoned serial high-tech entrepreneur and executive.
Prof. Nir Vulkan
Associate Professor of Business Economics, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
A leading authority on e-commerce and market design, applied research and teaching on hedge funds
A Fellow of Worcester College
Author of one of the leading texts on the microeconomics of e-commerce: “The Economics of E-Commerce: A Strategic Guide to Understanding and Designing the Online Marketplace”
Co-editor (with Al Roth and Zvika Neeman), “The Handbook of Market Design”
Mr. Zvi Ziv
Chairman, Silver Castle
Managing Partner, Chairman of the Investment Committee, Peninsula Growth Fund
Director of Gulliver Energy
Chairman, Dualis Social Investment Fund
Co-chairman, Collective Impact – for the integration of the Arab society in the business sector
Former CEO, Bank Hapoalim
