Stock: Bank Hapoalim B.M. (POLI)

Board of Directors

Board Of Directors


Board Of Directors [Ten directors with tenure > 15 yrs]
NameSince Appointment
Meir Wietchner15 Yrs, 3 Mos
Moshe Koren32 Yrs, 3 Mos
Dafna Schwartz-
Oded Eran-
Reuven Krupik-
Efrat Peled-
Yacov Peer-
Amnon Dick-
Imri Tov-
Ido Stern-

Profiles of Top Management

Ari Pinto
CEO & President
Ari Pinto was appointed to the position of President and CEO on August 1, 2016. Mr. Pinto has been with Bank Hapoalim since 1980 and joined the Board of Management in 2009, initially as Head of Corporate Strategy, serving as Head of Retail Banking from 2013 - 2015 and as COO in 2016.
Prior to joining the Board, he served in a variety of senior positions in the Bank, mainly in Retail Banking and Human Resources & Logistics.
Mr. Pinto has a BA in Business Administration from New England College in New Hampshire and a Master's degree in Public Administration from Clark University in Boston.

Yadin Antebi
CFO
Mr. Antebi joined Bank Hapoalim in July 2013 upon his appointment to the Board of Management as CFO of the Bank.
Before joining the Bank, he served as CEO at DS Investment House (2011-2012) and as Commissioner of Capital Markets, Insurance & Savings at the Ministry of Finance (2005-2009).
Mr. Antebi is a Certified Accountant and has a BA in Economics and Accounting and a Master's degree in Business and Management from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Tzahi Cohen
Chief Risk Officer
Mr. Cohen joined Bank Hapoalim in 1994 and was appointed to the Board of Management in July 2012. Before his current appointment, he fulfilled several senior positions including Head of Credit Analysis and Project Finance in the Corporate Banking Division.
Mr. Cohen has a B.Sc. in Aeronautical Engineering from the Technion in Haifa and a Master's degree in Business Administration from Tel Aviv University.

Profiles of Board of Directors

Dafna Schwartz
Director
Serves as an external director, as defined in Section 240 of the Companies Law. Member of the Board of Directors of the Bank as of April 6, 2012.
Professor at Ben Gurion University.
B.A. in Economics, Tel Aviv University; M.A. in Agricultural Economics and Administration, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Ph.D. in Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Serves as an academic staff member at Ben Gurion University, head of the Entrepreneurship and Innovation course of study in the Department of Business Administration, chairperson and director of the Bengis Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Guilford Glazer Faculty of Business & Management, and member of the board of governors of Ben Gurion University of the Negev.
Practices as an economic and business consultant in Israel and overseas (Prof. Dafna Schwartz Economic and Business Development Ltd.).
Member of the National Council for Research and Development.
Member of the general assembly of the Achva Academic College of Education (Registered Non-Profit Association). Member of the board of directors of Strauss Group Ltd. (external director).

Yacov Peer
Director
Serves as an external director (as defined in Proper Conduct of Banking Business Directive No. 301 of the Bank of Israel. Serves as a director of the Bank as of October 6, 2010.
B.A. in Economics, Ben-Gurion University; M.B.A., Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University.
Financial and management consultant for small businesses.
Member of the Friends of Rabin Medical Center Foundation.

Meir Wietchner
Director
Serves as a director of the Bank as of November 24, 2009. B.A. in Political Science and Computer Science, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan; M.B.A., Northwestern University, Chicago. Serves as Head of Global Strategy for the Arison Group and as Chairman of the Miya Group. Member of the board of directors of the following companies: Miya S.a.r.l., Miya Lux Holdings S.a.r.l., Miya Water Holdings Ltd., Miya Water Projects Ltd, Dorot Management Control Valves Ltd., Miya Water SA (Proprietary) Ltd., Miya Water Mexico, V.DEC S.A., Miya NL Holdings BV, Miya NL Projects BV, Miya Australia Holdings PTY Ltd., Miya Lux Holdings S.A.R.L., Swiss IP Branch, Miya Voda D.O.O., Romiya (subsidiary of Miya Water S.R.L.), Miya Columbia S.A.S., Miya Puerto Rico LLC., 4Water Supplies (Pty) Ltd.

Shareholder Value:
Creation of shareholder value in Bank Hapoalim B.M.:
Year of appointment: 2009
In the last 10 years the average annualized return to shareholders was 10.2%. The present value of NIS1,000 (PV1000) invested 10 years ago is now NIS2,643, a gain of NIS1,244 and dividend reinvested of NIS399.


Reuven Krupik
Director
Serves as an external director (as defined in Proper Conduct of Banking Business Directive No. 301 of the Bank of Israel. Member of the Board of Directors of the Bank as of February 18, 2016.
B.A. in Social Sciences (specialized in economics and political science), Hebrew University of Jerusalem; B.A. in Law, Tel Aviv University; graduate of business course at the Kellogg Recanati Center, Tel Aviv University.
Director of companies, business entrepreneur.
Chairperson of the board of directors of Gamida Cell Ltd.; director at Recanati Winery Ltd.
Member of the executive board of the Institute for Medical BioMathematics (Registered Non-Profit Association).

Imri Tov
Director
Serves as an external director, as defined in Section 240 of the Companies Law. Serves as a director of the Bank as of February 5, 2009.
B.A. in Economics and Political Science, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; M.A. in Economics and Business Administration, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Director of companies; business consultant; consultant and researcher in defense economics.
Member of the board of directors of the following companies: MTA Holdings Ltd., Amanet Management and Systems Ltd. (external director), and Plasan Sasa Ltd.
Member of the Paratrooper Veterans of the Liberation of Jerusalem and Crossing of the Canal Foundation (Registered Non-Profit Association), the Paratrooper Heritage Foundation, and the executive board of HaGesher Theater.

Efrat Peled
Director
Member of the Board of Directors of the Bank as of January 24, 2007.
B.A. in Economics and Accounting, Tel Aviv University; M.B.A., EMBA Kellogg Recanati International Program, Tel Aviv University and Northwestern University; Certificate in Land Assessment, Tel Aviv University.
Serves as chairperson of the board of directors and CEO of the following companies: Arison Holdings (1998) Ltd., Arison Investments Ltd., Arison Sustainability Ltd., Arzaf Ltd., and Arzaf B (97) Ltd.; and as CEO of SAFO LLC and Arzaf C Ltd., which are controlled by the holder of the permit for control of the Bank.
Chairperson of the board of directors and CEO of the following companies: Arison Holdings (1998) Ltd., Arison Investments Ltd., Arison Sustainability Ltd., Arzaf Ltd., Arzaf B (97) Ltd., and Arzaf C Ltd.; and CEO of SAFO LLC.
Member of the board of directors of the following companies: Shikun & Binui Ltd., Av-Ar Capital Investments 1997 Ltd., Salt of the Earth Ltd., Arison Investments USA LLC, and Arshav Holdings Ltd. Member of the board of directors of the Weizmann Institute of Science.

Oded Eran
Director
Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bank as of January 1, 2017
Serves as a director of the Bank as of February 18, 2016.
M.A. in Law, Tel Aviv University; M.A. in Literature, Tel Aviv University; B.A. in Law, Tel Aviv University; B.A. in Humanities, Open University.
Special consultant to the law firm Goldfarb Seligman & Co. External lecturer at the Department of Law, Tel Aviv University.
Director and controlling shareholder of the companies: Oded Eran Law Office; Minortil Ltd.
Director at the Whole Person Association - Israeli Organization for the Prevention of Discrimination Based on Body Weight Ltd.

Amnon Dick
Director
Member of the Board of Directors of the Bank as of March 24, 2010
Chairperson of the New Products Committee of the Board of Directors.
Member of the following Board Committees: the Credit Committee, the Overseas Banking and International Activity Committee, the Information Technology Committee, the Reform and Capital Management Committee, the Corporate Governance and Stakeholders Committee, and the Remuneration Committee in expanded format.
Serves as an external director. Has accounting and financial expertise and professional qualification.
M.B.A., Tel Aviv University; B.A. in Economics, Tel Aviv University.
Businessman, manager of companies, consultant, and director.
CEO of Adsensory Ltd.
Member of the board of directors of the following companies: Non Stop Radio Ltd., Northern Radio Ltd., Radio Eco 99 Ltd., Rala Management and Development (2014) Ltd., Eco Sharon Management and
Development Ltd., Migad Communication Ltd., and Habima National Theater Ltd. (Public Benefit Company).
Chairperson of the Friends of Tel Aviv University Association.

Moshe Koren
Director
Member of the Board of Directors of the Bank as of August 3, 1992. B.A. in Economics and Statistics, Hebrew University; graduate of Financial Statement Analysis courses. Banking and financial advisor.

Shareholder Value:
Creation of shareholder value in Bank Hapoalim B.M.:
Year of appointment: 1992
In the last 20 years the average annualized return to shareholders was 8.4%. The present value of NIS1,000 (PV1000) invested 20 years ago is now NIS4,995, a gain of NIS3,241 and dividend reinvested of NIS754.


Ido Stern
Director
Member of the Board of Directors of the Bank as of September 24, 2012.
Deputy General Manager and legal counsel at Arison Holdings (1998) Ltd., Arison Investments Ltd., Arison Sustainability Ltd., Arzaf B 97 Ltd., Arzaf Ltd., and Av-Ar Capital Investments 1997 Ltd., which are controlled by the holder of the permit for control of the Bank.
L.L.B., Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Program for Leadership Development (PLD), Harvard Business School, Boston.
Member of the boards of directors of the following companies: Shikun & Binui Ltd. and Salt of the Earth Ltd.