DANIEL furman
Daniel Furman is the founder and Managing Director of Arba Finance Company Ltd, a Tel Aviv based merchant banking boutique. Prior to founding ARBA in 1978, Daniel served as the Finance Manager of Aircraft Trading and Services Inc., an international company specializing in trading and leasing commercial aircraft. He was a Senior Consultant for National Consultants (Israel); a member of the Corporate Finance Department of Eurofinance in Paris, specializing in cross-border M&A; and an assistant to the Vice President of Corporate Planning at Israel Aircraft Industries Ltd.
Daniel is the Chairman of AmeriTree a Mutual Funds management company established in 2024, a co-managing director of SARL Palais de la Promenade, a real estate company in France and a director of Los Furman SA an agricultural enterprise in Argentina. He was a director of the First International Bank of Israel (2004-2010 and 2014-2020); of the Frankfurt listed Orad Hi-Tec Systems (2005-2015) and of the Stockholm listed Pricer AB (2004-2010), Between 1993 and 2000, Daniel served as a Director and Member of the Investment Committee of Ilanot-Batucha, then one of Israel's leading mutual fund management companies.
Daniel holds a B.A.in Economics and Statistics from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and an M.B.A. from INSEAD.
Daniel is a Governor of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and was a member of its Board of Managers (2011-2020) and the Chairman of its Endowment Funds Committee (2010-2021). He is also a member of the Advisory Board of the INSEAD Israel.