Avi Ifergan

Avi Ifergan

Vice President Strategic Initiatives @ Cross River

About

Banking & Fintech | Regulation | Corporate Governance | Risk Management | Digital transformation, Innovation & AI | Operational excellence A well-rounded, results-oriented Vice President of Sales with expertise in providing successful customer-specific solutions for banks, investment companies, financial institutions and financial services companies. Depth of experience in international payments, transaction banking, trade services, cash management, regulatory compliance, risk management, fintech and cybersecurity. Extensive experience leading a cross-functional team of experienced leaders and account executives in establishing predictable pipeline and revenue. 12+ year track record of achieving and exceeding revenue and growth objectives. Financial Institutions thought leader that was regularly invited to speak at industry panels and client events. Deep and diverse experience across 3 continents, and in both the public, private and government arenas. Strives equally in a multi-national corporate environment, as in an early-stage start-up venture. English Native Speaker, fluent in Hebrew and French. Citizenships: Australian & Israeli Specialties: Correspondent banking, International Payments, Transaction Banking, Trade Services, Cash Management, Capital Markets, Regulatory Compliance, Corporate Advisory, Cybersecurity, Fintech, Innovation, New Product Design, Strategic Partnerships, Sales & Marketing Management, Product Marketing and Management, Business and Channel Development, Product Lifecycle Management, Product Vision & Strategy, User Experience (UX) Design, User Interface (UI) Design, Product Roadmap Development, B2B / B2E Product Marketing, Regulatory Compliance, Product Strategy & Market Expansion, Competitive Research & Trend Analysis, Product Messaging, Product Positioning & Differentiation, Roadmap Planning, Sales Support, Native English

Country

Israel

City

Tel Aviv-Yafo

Industry

Information Services

Skill

Corporate Governance, Voter Mobilization, Political Strategy, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning, Crypto, Payments, C-Level, Financial Management, Term Sheets, Corporate Development, Valuation Modeling, Financial Analysis, FinTech, International Sales, Board of Directors, Global Business Management, International Business Development, Political Campaigns, Political Communication

Experience

Cross River

Vice President Strategic Initiatives

Cross River

LinkedIn
2025-5 - Present · 1 yr 5 mos

Jerusalem

S&P Global

Senior Lead Product Manager

S&P Global

LinkedIn
2023-7 - Present · 3 yrs 3 mos

Herzliya

TrustDefence

Founder & CEO

TrustDefence

2019-12 - 2022-7 · 2 yrs 8 mos
Bank Leumi בנק לאומי

Global Head of Financial Institutions

Bank Leumi בנק לאומי

LinkedIn
2015-7 - 2019-12 · 4 yrs 6 mos

Israel

· Head of International Banking Partnerships: including Correspondent Banking with P/L accountability for cash payments, clearing, treasury and international trade products. · Developed and executed a successful client-centric strategy and consistently exceeded sales targets by more than 15% between 2015 & 2019. · Successfully secured and maintained the correspondent banking business with the top 5 Chinese Banks, top 4 US banks, top 2 UK banks, top 2 German banks and top 4 Swiss Banks. · Managed institutional exposures of USD$4B at a Group Level, Member of the Institutional Credit Committee. · Managed +120 key banking relationships including ownership of C-level relationships including Citibank, Bank of America, JP Morgan, HSBC, Barclays, UBS, Credit Suisse, & Deutsche Bank. · Active Member of Citibank’s Client Advisory Board (one of 20 international bankers), that met regularly to foster cross-industry collaboration, thought leadership and technology initiatives. · Increased international trade revenue by more than 100% between 2015 and 2019.

Bank Leumi בנק לאומי

Head of Financial Institutions Unit

Bank Leumi בנק לאומי

LinkedIn
2008-1 - 2015 · 7 yrs

I manage a senior global correspondent banking team that is responsible, at a Group level, for serving, maintaining, developing, and nurturing the relationships with all international financial institutions. - Responsible for Correspondent Banking, Cash Payments & Treasury Solutions. - Responsible for coordinating end-to-end global client coverage to drive client delight. - Responsible for implementing a pro-active 'high-touch' differentiated client-care model, with a strong emphasis on 'diagnostic selling' and creating tailor-made service solutions. - Actively meet with clients and partners, and participate in industry events and conferences in order to learn about evolving client needs and to take an active role in the 'current industry conversation'. - Responsible for identifying untapped market opportunities, related business proposals and presentations to clients. - Worked directly with banking, trade, compliance and risk partners to develop a targeted client selection policy. - Coordination of Client Focus Strategy and responsible for all related client communications. - High involvement in the assessment of emerging technologies relating to transaction banking. - Lead communication and collaboration with internal and external stakeholders. Approval Authority includes: - Recommending, monitoring, reporting of Country and Institutional lines - Setting / Approving institutional and country lines for Leumi subsidiaries. - Approval of all international trade & trade finance transactions. - Approval of SWIFT key / RMA exchange Other Responsibilities include: - ISDA contract negotiations and management - Member of the Capital Markets Ethics Committee & leading related seminars. - Deputy-Head of IT Committee responsible for integrating Group Exposures. - Voting Member of the Country Credit Committee - Voting Member of the Institutional Credit Committee - Speaker at Industry Conferences

Bank Leumi בנק לאומי

External Consultant

Bank Leumi בנק לאומי

LinkedIn
2007-7 - 2007-12 · 6 mos

Audit, Monitoring and Reporting to Board of Directors with all aspects to a recent acquisition.

Bar-Ilan University

Lecturer

Bar-Ilan University

LinkedIn
2003-10 - 2008-6 · 4 yrs 9 mos

Lecturer - Bachelor Degree Level: - Microeconomics - Macroeconomics - Israel Foreign Policy and the Global Media

Israel Funds Observer

VP of Sales & Business Development

Israel Funds Observer

2006-9 - 2007-6 · 10 mos

Responsible for: - Product development; - Market research and strategic direction of the business; - Pricing and positioning strategies; - Liaising with fund managers and tier-1 management of investment houses; - Co-authored “The Israel Funds Guide 2007”

IntuView

Co-founder and CEO

IntuView

LinkedIn
2004-11 - 2006-8 · 1 yr 10 mos

Established in November, 2004, IntuView's IT platform serves the major intelligence agencies n Israel, US & UK. Responsibilties included: - Establishment of US entity and Israeli R&D subsidiary; - Recruitment of R&D team and HR functions; - Recruitment of solid Advisory Board that includes: former Head of the Mossad, former Deputy Director of the FBI, and former Senior Intelligence Officer for US Special Forces. - Fundraising for Seed and First-Round – close to $1million raised; - Market validation and formulation of a defendable company valuation. - Mapping & researching of target market & identification of potential customers; - Development of strategic sales & marketing plans & execution; - Formulation of business model & associated pricing strategies; - Identification of potential strategic partners, and consequent relationship build; - Targeted networking, relationship development and liaison with military and federal agencies.

Knesset

Senior Parliamentary Advisor to MK Gideon Sa'ar, Chairman of the Likud Faction & Coalition

Knesset

2004-6 - 2004-12 · 7 mos
Institute of Policy & Strategy / Herzliya Conference

Co-Founder VP of Fundraising & VIP Relations

Institute of Policy & Strategy / Herzliya Conference

2001-8 - 2004-5 · 2 yrs 10 mos

Education

University of Technology Sydney

University of Technology Sydney

LinkedIn

Finance & Business Law

1990 - 1992 · 2 yrs

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