Amos Mar-Haim

Amos Mar-Haim has been a member of the Governing Council of the Van Leer Group Foundation since 1995, following a varied career in government and industry. After graduating from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, he spent over a decade with the Israeli Ministry of Trade and Industry, rising to the position of Director General. His business career began in 1979 as Director General of AML Corp. Ltd., then of Clal Industries Ltd. He was Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Israel Corporation Ltd., one of the leading investment groups in Israel.

Mr. Mar-Haim was Chairman of the Board of Zim Israel Navigation Company Ltd., Deputy Chairman of the Board of Israel Chemicals Ltd., member of the boards o the Dead Sea Works, Bromine Company Ltd., Rotem Ampert Negev and many other industrial companies.

From 1989 to 1994 Mr. Mar-Haim served as Senior Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem and later as the Mayor of the city of Bnei-Brak. He also was the Chairman of the Israel Postal Authority and member of the Advisory Board of the Bank of Israel.

Currently he is the Chairman of the Board of Atara Investment Co. Ltd. and Chairman of the Board of Merkazit Underwriting and Investment Banking Ltd. He is a member of the Boards of Merican Israeli Paper Mills Ltd., Roqozin Industries Ltd., Keter (Publishing) Ltd., Mehadrin Ltd. and other companies. He is the Chairman of the Association of the Stock Exchange Listed Corporations.