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Israel

Tel Aviv, Il

Tel Aviv, Il

Bank Hapoalim is Israel’s leading financial group and the largest bank.The bank has over 260 full-service branches, eight regional business centers, and industry desks for major corporate customers. The full-service branches focus on households, professionals, small businesses, mortgage banking, and pension advisory services.Together with the growth of direct banking interaction through the web, automated self-service machines, and call centers, the Bank also promotes interpersonal contact, and the potential it offers for cross-selling, relationship-building, and customer loyalty.The Bank is committed to an active, leading role in the community and contributes generously through educational, social, and cultural projects.🔴 Responsible for managing risk across all bank operations: credit, market, operational, IT, cyber, compliance, brand reputation, strategy, environmental, models, governmental, etc. 🔴 Participates in leading the bank’s business endeavors across various fields, including credit and investments. 🔴 Contribute to any request for credit above 25 million NIS and technological innovations, and challenge the bank’s Cyber protection systems, while managing a team of 200 employees, in Israel and the US.🔴 Improved service and quality levels, and process risk controls, through partnerships, reporting, analysis, communication, and implementations🔴Spearhead the Bank’s market, operations, credit, and liquidity risk units and manage over 200 professionals and over XXX shekels of exposure 🔴 Executive leadership, oversight, and responsibility for Hapoalim’s loan processing, collection/enforcement, and card fraud/security functions🔴 Successfully improved the risk governance including improvements in decision making, aligning risk appetite with business goals, and implementing a risk culture remediation plan

Tel Aviv, Il

🔴 Lead the advisory framework of the largest bank in Israel. In charge of two main advisory channels: investment portfolios (capital markets) and retirement planning & saving🔴 Plan and develop products and technological infrastructure for the investment advisory🔴 Responsible for the relationship and process with client, local and global market research, analysis of companies, sectors, and countries that may or may not affect stocks and the capital market.🔴 Develop advisory strategy aimed at increasing financial value for the client. Manages a team of 60.

Tel Aviv, Il

🔴 Established a Compliance Department and system for Bank Hapoalim’s operations in Israel and abroad🔴 Oversaw compliance with laws and regulations across operations and represented the bank in communications with regulators, in Israel and abroad🔴 Enforced stock compliance and managed a team of 70 employees🔴 Ensuring compliance with existing securities law, regulations, and internal policies & procedures🔴 Integral member of the leadership team supporting the development of business strategies 🔴 Acting as the key point of contact for regulatory reviews and investigations

Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Il

I am leading the Banking Law course in the Faculty of Law at Hebrew University. The course enables the students to:✔️ Understand the financial system and the changes in the banking system✔️ Analyze common issues of Banking Law✔️ Understand the main rules governing banks and the way banks do their business✔️ Enable them to assert the most correct arguments in legal proceedings dealing with banks

Bnei Brak, Il

Isracard is Israel's leading credit card company, offering financial services: issuing credit cards, acquiring services for merchants, loans, credit solutions, and innovative digital payment options.Isracard is traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange and is the only company providing issuing and acquiring services for merchants to all four of the country's major credit card brands: American Express, MasterCard, Isracard, and Visa.As a Board Member, I supervised and established policy and strategy for the largest credit card company in Israel, affiliated with the Bank of Israel.

Jerusalem, Il

Initiated and promoted regulation and legislation in the area of consumer protection. Lead teams focused on enhancing consumer protection. Managed a team of three.

Jerusalem, Il

🔴 Served as the legal counsel for the Supervision of Banks at the Bank of Israel🔴 Consulted on all supervision-related aspects: bank-customer, licensing, and prudential🔴 Represented the bank in legislative processes vis-a-vis the Knesset and relevant parliamentary and government entities🔴 Lead negotiations and ongoing communications with senior bank executives, MKs, and various state officials🔴 Spearheaded legal reforms pertaining to banking. Managed a team of three

Doctor Of Law (Ll.D.), Law & Economics

Master'S Degree, Economics, Law & Economics

Bachelor Of Laws (Ll.B.), B.A Economics