Dr. Bareket (PhD, Columbia University) holds a senior consulting position at CIM Group, a leading US Real Estate and Infrastructure developer, operator, lender, and owner, with more than $31B AUM. He is an expert Capital Markets & Insurance advisor, and a Senior Lecturer at Tel Aviv University, where he founded and heads the Alternative Investments Research Forum at the Coller School of Management.
Dr. Bareket was until October 2022 the Director General of the Israeli Capital Market Insurance & Savings Authority (CMISA). Prior to heading CMISA, he has been a Special Advisor (Investment Banking) to Jefferies International, a board member and Chairman of the Audit Committee at Carraso Motors, and a management consultant to Israeli and international entities, including numerous Israeli startups.
During 2011-2014 he was Chairman of the Board of Phoenix Holding Company and Chairman of the Board of Phoenix Insurance LTD. He has also been a financial advisor to Mr. Isaac Tshuva, a board member at Delek Group, Delek Energy and Elad Europe, and the Chief Finance and Strategy Officer of the Tshuva Group. From 2006-2010, Dr. Bareket was the Director of the Corporation Finance Division at the Israeli Securities Authority (ISA) and also served as the ISA's Chief Accountant.
Earlier in his career, Dr. Bareket was a professor and faculty member at Duke University for five years, and held various management consulting roles, including a long engagement with General Electric and other US firms. His regulatory and banking experience also spans eight years of service at the Supervisor of Banks Department at the Central Bank of Israel.
Dr. Bareket holds a PhD in Accounting and a Master's degree (with honors) from the Graduate School of Business at Columbia University. He also holds an MBA (with honors) and a BA in Operations Research and Accounting from Tel Aviv University.
Dr. Bareket is a CPA (Israel). He published academic, professional, and numerous other articles on firm valuation, accounting, and business, and he is the co-author of the books "Aspects in Dividend Distributions in Light of a New Corporate Law" and "Modern Institutional Investment"(forthcoming). He is also an international expert writer and lecturer on ESG and Sustainable Investment by Institutional Investors and other financial entities.
