Yoni is the Chairman of our Board.
Prior to this, he was the Chief Investment Officer of the Menora Mivtachim Group, one of the largest insurance and pension funds in Israel, managing assets and investments in excess of $55 billion. Yoni has a BA in Business Administration and an MA in Economics from Bar Ilan University.
Amit has over 15 years of experience in real estate, particularly residential development and management of single/multifamily portfolios. Before Arion Fund, he managed a $150M Eastern European real estate fund. Amit has a BA in Biology from Yeshiva University, an LLB from Sha’arei Mishpat Law School, and is a Member of the Israeli Bar. He currently serves on the board of the Van Courtland Park Alliance.
Yiftach has over 15 years of expertise in regulation, project financing, and economic consulting in various fields, particularly real-estate. He skillset includes the planning of strategies for improving operational efficiency and analyzing project financial feasibility. Yiftach has a BA in Economics and Computer Science from Bar Ilan University, and an MA in Public Policy from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Pinchas has extensive experience in risk management and investments. In his 16-year career in Bank Leumi, he held a series of senior managerial positions – including capital investments and foreign exchange – overseeing transactions amounting to hundreds of millions of Shekels. Pinchas has an LLB from Netanya Academy, an MBA from Ben Gurion University, and is a member of the Israeli Bar.
Noa Bendory is Arion Fund’s Head of Operations. She has an extensive knowledge of the financial industry having previously worked at Fidelity Investments and Merrill Lynch in NYC.
Noa grew up in Livingston, NJ and graduated from Cornell University with a BA in Science and Technology.
Eli heads Arion’s loan origination activities. He brings forth a diverse skill set that includes the ability to structure complex deals, strong negotiation skills and analytical insight of financial markets.
Prior to joining Arion, Eli worked at a NYC brokerage where he successfully closed over $20 million in transactions within his first year.