Arbel Foundation. The Team

Prior to founding Arbel with Gabriel Low, Amir was Deputy CEO and the Chief Investment Officer of Harel Insurance and Finance, Israel’s largest insurance group, for 16.5 years.

Amir founded the investment division in the year 2000, and under his leadership the division personnel grew from 5 employees to 85 with Asset Under Management from 12 billion NIS to 145 billion.

Over the same period the investment portfolio, which originally constituted exclusively of Israeli listed bonds and shares, was diversified and developed to include circa 40% Foreign assets and over 30% alternative assets, including inter alia, a domestic private credit operation catering to business clients set up to compete with the corporate divisions at the domestic banks, the creation of an global income producing real estate portfolio invested in the USA, Europe and Israel, and investments in both Infrastructure and Private Equity transactions in hundreds of projects, companies and funds.

During his tenure, Harel’s investment portfolio achieved a return of 8% leading the entire insurance and pension fund industry.

Prior to joining Harel, Amir served as an Analyst, Deputy CEO and Head of Research and Betuha, at the time Israel’s largest brokerage firm.

Amir holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Business and Economics from Tel Aviv University, both with honors.

amir.hessel@arbelfinance.com
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Prior to founding Arbel with Amir Hessel, between 2009-2017 Gabi has been a Managing Partner at the Manof KCPS Fund, a Private Debt and Private Equity fund established with the Israeli Ministry of Finance as core investor as a response to the 2008 Financial Crisis. Manof KCPS raised over 1.2 billion NIS and is generated an IRR of more than 12% and money multiple of more than 1.6x. Previously Gabi has been a Managing Director at Citigroup Corporate and Investment Bank Fixed Income Division in London where he led the Special Situation group for EMEA and previously the ABS Trading Desk. He was previously a Mortgage Bond trader with Salomon Bothers in New York where he joined in the training class of 1991.

Gabi holds an BSc degree in Industrial Engineering from Tel Aviv University and is an R.J. Miller Scholar with an MBA degree from the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University.

gabriel.low@arbelfinance.com
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Prior to joining Arbel, Mrs. Karin has been Head of Direct Lending and Illiquid Credit at Psagot, then Israel’s largest Investment House. She has personally led large scale corporate credit, mezzanine and private equity investments. She previously held a similar position at Altshuler Shaham, another leading Israeli Investment House.

Earlier Vered was an investment manager at Pelnus Mezzanine LLP, a private debt fund at the Viola Group; an investment manager at the Migdal Insurance Company; and similarly, at Infinity Investment house.

She holds an MBA degree with a Real Estate Major from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, an MBA degree with a Finance Major from the Academic Institute of Kiryat Ono and an BA In Economics and Management from Tel Aviv University.

vered.karin@arbelfinance.com
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Prior to joining Arbel Finance between 2009 thru 2017 Mr. Gal has been a Managing Partner at the Origo Manof Fund, a Private Debt and Private Equity fund established with the Israeli Ministry of Finance as core investor as a response to the 2008 Financial Crisis, a “sibling” fund and competitor to the Manof KCPS Fund. Origo raised over 1.2 billion NIS and has generated an IRR of 12.5% and money multiple of 1.5x. Previously Mr. Gal was a partner at CPA firm Trabelsy and Partners, focusing on corporate restructuring, turnaround and crisis management. Earlier he was a team leader at Deloitte Touch Consultants.

Dave holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Accounting with Distinction and a Master’s degree in Economics, both from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem

dave.gal@arbelfinance.com
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Mr. Chen has been a Finance Controller at Alto Real Estate Investment Fund for over 2 years prior to joining Arbel in early 2017. He managed corporate financial reporting, tax compliance, budgeting, and LP capital management, including investor interactions. Additionally, he analyzed and monitored the financial performance of real estate assets, working closely with property managers and external partners to maximize asset profitability. Previously he was a CPA Ernest & Young Israel for 6 years ending as an Audit Team Manager.

Elad holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Accounting from Rupin College, is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), and holds a Master’s degree in Law from Bar-Ilan University.

elad.chen@arbelfinance.com
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