Meet the Management Team

Evan Liberman
Evan Liberman
Founder & CEO

Upon realizing the lack of information and accessibility to the Israeli capital market for English-speakers around the world, Evan founded Wise Money Israel (WMI) in 2010 to help others participate in the exciting world of Israeli stocks and bonds traded in Israeli Shekels.

Evan was raised in the U.S. and moved to Israel in his mid-twenties (1993), and served in the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) Paratrooper Brigade. He is a dual citizen of the U.S. and Israel.

Evan holds a B.Sc from the University of California, is an Israel Securities Authority licensed Portfolio Manager, and is a licensed Investment Advisor Representative in the U.S.

Investing has always been a family tradition for him, coming from a long line of businessmen, stock brokers and financial experts. Evan himself has successfully invested on Wall Street and in Israel for many decades. Evan also has rich experience in the Israeli and American high tech industries.

Evan is bilingual in Hebrew and English. Evan founded Wise Money Israel Ltd as one of only approximately 100 licensed money management firms in Israel. The firm is unique in that it specializing in assisting English-speaking clients in Israel and around the world invest to in the local Israeli capital market.

Evan also founded Wise Money Israel LLC in the U.S. to facilitate U.S. residents to open Israel investment accounts easily online.

Evan serves on several Israeli non-profit organization boards.

Evan has been happily married to his Israeli wife Sarah since 1998, has three children, and resides in Binyamina, Israel. In his spare time he enjoys investing in the community he leads, movies, aerial photography, technology, bowling and biking. He has deep Zionist convictions that come from his spiritual beliefs.

Ihor Pletenets
Investment Operations Manager

Ihor holds B.A. Hons in Accounting and Finance from West London University. Having been interested in the stock market from his early student years and after a successful graduation, Ihor joined a stock market research house in the City of London as a finance manager. Over a period of time he moved into the technical analysis field where he made valuable contributions to the company's research team. After spending a number of years in the capital market industry, he moved to Israel.

Ihor is currently earning his Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) license.

Ihor is happily married to his wife Elena and together with their daughter he resides in Haifa. In his spare time he enjoys spending time with family and friends and takes part in charitable projects.

Gilad BousiManager of Operations and Administration

Born and raised in Israel, Gilad has decades of experience in Operations and Administration working for various top-tier Israeli companies. Mr. Bousi has managed large logistic teams and software systems, including financial, accounting and budgeting systems. He has experience with client relations and speaks Hebrew and English fluently.
 
Mr. Bousi has experience in the management of processes, ERP, inventory, office, vendors, social media and quality assurance systems. He also has many years of experience with financial counseling. Gilad served in the Givati Brigade in the Israeli Defense Forces as Sergeant First Class.
 
Gilad has been happily married to his wife Inbar for over 20 years, and together with their three children resides in Karmiel. In his spare time he enjoys spending time with family, hiking and working on various carpentry projects.

Paul BlakeChief Compliance Officer, Wise Money Israel LLC

Paul holds a B.B.A in Finance from Baylor University, and he is currently finishing a doctorate with a dissertation project testing new ideas for “financial parenting.” He enjoys helping families pass along a generational inheritance of generosity, work ethic, educated spending, and investing.

His professional background has included positions in the American corporate world, several non-profit organizations, and entrepreneurial adventures.

Paul lives in Florida with his wife and three children who are still in the home. He enjoys spending time with family, serving faith-based ministries, reading, writing, and sports.



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