At CFO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top Israel based CFO’ operating in the Financial Services space. If you think a CFO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Yael Elad
CFO and Operating Partner of Aleph
Yael Elad is CFO of Aleph, a venture capital fund located on Rothschild Boulevard in Tel Aviv. Prior to joining Aleph Yael managed the private equity investment portfolio at two of Israel’s largest institutional investors. She has considerable management consulting experience working for to large international corporations in the US, Europe and Africa. She holds several board seats in public and private companies.
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About Aleph: Aleph is an early-stage VC focused on partnering with Israeli entrepreneurs to build large companies and impactful global brands.
Maayan Naor
CFO of Rapyd
Maayan Naor is the CFO at Rapyd.
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About Rapyd: Rapyd is a payments platform that inserts fintech services into any app and simplifies the complex offering of local payment methods.
Ran Gartenberg
General Partner and CFO of Vertex Ventures
Ran Gartenberg contributes financial and economic expertise, General Partner and CFO at Vertex Venture Capital.
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About Vertex Ventures, Vertex Ventures Israel: Vertex Ventures is a global network of operator-investors that manages portfolios.
Devora Har-Tuv
CFO of Apax Israel of Apax Partners
Devora Har-Tuv is the CFO of Apax Israel and also serves as a board member to a number of Apax holdcos. She joined Apax Partners in 2007 and is based in the Tel Aviv office. Prior to joining Apax Partners, Devora was a senior auditor at Rosenblum Holtzman CPA accounting firm. Devora holds an MBA from Hebrew University, a BA in Accounting and Economics from Bar Ilan University and is a chartered public accountant.
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About Apax Partners: Apax Partners is an independent global partnership focused solely on long-term investment in growth companies.
Itzik Avidor
Partner and Chief Financial Officer of Viola Ventures
Itzik is a Partner at Viola Group as well as the group’s CFO. He is also a Partner and CFO at Viola Ventures. Itzik joined Viola when the group was founded in 2000, having worked with the founding partners for the past 24 years, starting out as the Senior Audit Manager of Oshap and Tecnomatix. Itzik has extensive experience in global financial management, private fund raising, and mergers and acquisitions. He has participated in all stages of the listing process of Israeli companies on the NASDAQ and has extensive experience in performing due diligence, financial statement analysis and taxation of high-tech companies. At Viola, Itzik is responsible for building the finance organization to support the growth of the group, and manages all financial and legal aspects, including fund planning, forecasting, cash management, portfolio monitoring, portfolio valuation, deal structuring, fund formation, reporting to LPs and all other finance and legal aspects of the group’s activities. Itzik also works closely with the portfolio companies’ management and finance teams. Itzik graduated from Tel Aviv University with a B.A. in Accounting and Economics with distinction, as well as an MBA with specialization in Accounting and Marketing.
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About NASDAQ OMX, Viola Group, Viola Ventures: Viola Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in Israeli related early stage companies.
Rami Fital
Partner & Chief Financial Officer of 83North
Rami joined Greylock IL, now 83North, in 2006. He oversees the operational, financial, legal and administrative aspects of the firm and works closely with the portfolio companies’ financial teams. Prior to 83North Rami served as VP of Finance for Gemini Israel Funds. Prior to Gemini he was Senior Manager at KPMG, specializing in Private Equity Market and publicly held high tech companies.
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About 83North: 83North is a global venture capital firm with more than $1.8B million under management.
Gabi Heller
CFO of Hanaco Venture Capital
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About Ashtrom Group, Hanaco Venture Capital: Hanaco Ventures backs early-stage technology companies with visionary and passionate entrepreneurs.
Guy Ben-Yossef
CFO, Chief Data & Bi of Coinmama
Guy leads the finance and BI, and brings years of experience as a CFO of private and publicly traded high tech and fintech companies. When he’s not obsessing about numbers, Guy loves to travel and cook for his friends and family.
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About Coinmama, Coinmama: Cryptocurrency Exchange allowing individuals and companies to buy and sell bitcoin and other altcoins fast, in 188 countries since 2013.
Ariel Beck
CFO of Leverate
Skilled CPA with over 10 years of financial management under his belt in the Fintech world. Joined Leverate after gaining experience at PwC, and later as a CFO and consultant in a global management consulting group. Holds an MBA in Financial Management and Strategy from Tel Aviv University.
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About Leverate: Leverate is a forex brokerage solutions provider of innovators in social trading technology.
Michael Blajwas
COO & CFO of Vintage Investment Partners
Michael Blajwas is the COO and CFO at Vintage Investment Partners.
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About Vintage Investment Partners: Vintage is a global venture firm that invests in venture funds and startups via primary and secondary transactions.
Elad Even-Chen
Group Chief Financial Officer of Plus500
Elad Even-Chen is the Chief Financial Officer of Plus500 group, Vice President of Business Development and Head of Investor Relations. Elad Even-Chen’s responsibilities cover a broad range of finance and business functions including managing Plus500’s group finance departments, and is responsible for the financial aspects of Plus500’s company strategy and global business development projects. Elad Even-Chen joined the Company in 2011 and was appointed to the Board on July 2016. Elad Even-Chen is a certified accountant in Israel and, prior to joining Plus500, he was a senior associate at KPMG, specialising in commerce and real estate audit. Elad Even-Chen holds a B.A. in Accounting and Economics from Tel-Aviv University, a LL.B Degree from the College of Management and an MBA (specialising in Financial Management) from Tel-Aviv University.
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About Plus500: Plus500 is a global financial firm providing online CFDs trading services.
Alon Zion
Co-Founder and COO, CFO of Vala
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About Vala: The most advanced, modular end-to-end platform delivering everything you need in order to offer money transfer services online or in person
Yaron Mor
Chief Financial Officer of OurLend
Yaron Mor has for over 25 years been engaged in economic-financial analysis of various companies and projects. Among the many activities, one can emphasize his considerable experience in preparing evaluations and feasibility studies of mergers between companies or the acquisition of companies.
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About OurLend: OurLend is a financial services company that specializes in the fields of finance and loans.
Liby Kadosh
Founder and CFO of Inside Out Finance
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About Inside Out Finance, Inspekto: Inside Out Finance is a boutique full-service financial firm.