Members of Management

Hanan Friedman has been serving as President and CEO of Bank Leumi as of November 2019.

Prior to that he held several senior management positions at Leumi, including of Head Strategy, Innovation and Transformation, Head of Regulation and Chief Legal Counsel.

Between the years 1999-2005 Freidman served as a lawyer at Lipa Meir & Co. law firm, and from 2005 he served as Chief Legal Counsel of Harel Insurance Investments and Financial Services.
 
Friedman holds an LLB and an LLM from Bar-Ilan University.

Omer Ziv has been serving as Head of the Capital Markets Division as of December 2022.

Before that he served as Head of the Finance Division. Prior to joining Leumi, Ziv served as CFO and Deputy CEO of the Phoenix Group during 6 years. Before that he served as Chief Accountant of the Migdal Group.

Ziv holds a BA in Economics and Accounting and an MBA from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and an MA in Actuarial Studies from the University of Haifa.

Liat Shuv has been serving as Head of the Corporate Division as of January 2023. 

Prior to that she held several management positions at Leumi, including Head of Risk Management, Head of Compliance and Head of Credit Risk Management.

Shuv holds a BA in Accounting and an MBA from The College of Management.

Eyal Ben-Haim has been serving as Head of the Banking Division as of April 2023.

Ben-Haim has a vast experience of 25 years at Leumi, during which he held various management positions, including Head of the Operations and Service Division.

Ben-Haim holds a BA in Economics from Ben-Gurion University, and an MBA from Tel Aviv University.

Eyal Efrat has been serving as Head of the Technologies Division as of February 2024.

Before that he served as Head of the Strategy, Digital, Data and Projects Division.

Prior to joining Leumi, Efrat served in various management positions at Harel Insurance Group, including Deputy CEO and Chief Technology Officer. 

Efrat holds a BA in Business Administration, Information Systems and Finance, and an MBA in Finance, both from The College of Management.

Hagit Argov has been serving as Head of the Finance Division as of December 2022. 

Before that she served as Head of the Internal Audit Division. 
Prior to joining Leumi, Argov served in various senior positions in the Capital Markets sector, including Chief Financial Officer of Harel Insurance and Controller of Securities and Investments at Migdal Insurance.

Argov holds a BA in Accounting and an MBA from The College of Management.

Tamar Mass has been serving as Head of the Strategy Division as of March 2024, and as of March 2025 she also serves as Head of the HR Division. 

Before that she served as Head of the Strategy Department and Chief of Staff to the CEO.

Prior to joining Leumi, Mass served as Chief of Staff to the CEO and Head of Retail Strategy at Discount Bank. Before that she worked as a manager in a consulting firm.

Mass holds a BSc in Industrial Engineering and Management from Tel Aviv University and an MBA from Reichman University.

Ronen Mori has been serving as Head of the Risk Management Division as of January 2023.

Prior to that he served in various management positions at Leumi, including Head of the Commercial Department and Head of the Private Customers Department in the Banking Division.

Mori holds a BA in Economics and an MBA from Bar-Ilan University.

Bosmat Ben-Zvi has been serving as Head of the Internal Audit Division as of December 2022. 

Prior to that she served in several senior management positions at Leumi, including Head of the Capital Markets Division, Head of the Risk Management Division, Head of the Strategy Department and Chief of Staff to the CEO.

Ben-Zvi holds a BA in Economics, Accounting and Computer Science from Bar-Ilan University, and an MBA in Financial Management from Tel Aviv University.

Nitzan Sandor has been serving as Head of the Legal Division as of September 2024. 

Prior to joining Leumi, Sandor served as Head of the Legal Division of Discount Bank. Before that she served in various senior positions at Fischer & Co. law firm, including Co-Head of the Capital Markets Department and Partner at the Commercial Department.

Sandor holds an LLB from Tel Aviv University.

Avi Polak has been serving as Head of the Operations and Service Division as of April 2023.

Before that he served in various management position in the Technologies Division.
Prior to joining Leumi, Polak served as VP of Technology Infrastructure at Menora Mivtachim Insurance Group and as Head of the Technology Infrastructure Department at Visa CAL.

Polak holds a BA and an MS in Technology Management from Ben-Gurion University.