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Efrat Peled - Act Locally: Achieving Smart Sustainability
Efrat Peled (born 1974, Israel) is the Chairman and CEO of Arison Investments and the CEO of SAFO (Shari Arison Family Office, Miami, USA).
Contents
- Efrat Peled Act Locally Achieving Smart Sustainability
- Act Locally Achieving Smart Sustainability
- Early life and career
- Awards and accolades
- Interviews and articles
- References
Act Locally: Achieving Smart Sustainability
Early life and career
Peled serves as Chairman and CEO of Arison Investments, and as CEO of SAFO (Shari Arison Family Office) in Miami, USA, responsible for managing all of Arison's businesses, estimated at billions of dollars. She is a board member at Bank Hapoalim - Israel's leading bank, Shikun & Binui - Israel's leading infrastructure and real estate company, Salt of the Earth - Israel's leading salt producer, the global water efficiency company Miya, and The Ted Arison Family Foundation. She also serves as a board member of the Weizmann Institute, and is a board member of the Advisory Committee to the Israeli government’s National Economic Council.
Peled holds an Executive Masters of Business Administration from Kellogg-Recanati, a joint international program of both Northwestern and Tel Aviv Universities. She also holds a BA in Accounting and Economics from Tel Aviv University, a postgraduate diploma in Real Estate Appraisal and Management from Tel Aviv University, and is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA).
After becoming a qualified CPA, she specialized at KPMG Somekh Chaikin. In 2000, she was appointed CFO of Shargad Archonim – Movenpick, owned by Shari Arison. In 2001 she was appointed CFO of The Ted Arison family Foundation, and since 2004, she also serves as CEO of SAFO (Shari Arison Family Office, Miami, USA). In March 2006, she was appointed CEO of Arison Investments, in January 2007 she became a member of the board at Bank Hapoalim, and in 2010 Chairman of the board at Arison Investments.
Peled manages global businesses that operate in diverse fields, including finances, infrastructure, renewable energy, and water. She drives forward the strategies of each of Arison Investment's subsidiaries, creates long-term values-based investments, and oversees the international activities of $billion-scale foundations. Arison Investments, which she heads, is a global company operating across five continents in more than 40 countries, with 27,000 employees. Peled has fostered widespread connections with many international financial entities.
Awards and accolades
Forbes Israel repeatedly ranked Peled one of the Most Powerful Women in Israel. Listed No. 9 in 2015, No. 8 in 2014, and No. 6 in 2013. Forbes Israel stated: "Peled quickly established herself as an exceptional and outstanding persona, both in the local business arena, and outside it."
Two years in a row she was ranked on Fortune's 50 Most Powerful Women in Business, No. 50 in 2012, and No. 44 in 2011, and was listed on Fortune's 10 Global Women on the Rise in 2011.
In 2012, Peled was honored Executive of the Year - Conglomerates by Stevie International Business Awards, and in 2013 she received the Northwestern University Alumni Merit Award, from Kellogg School of Management, honoring her for her outstanding professional and personal achievements in business. She was the first-ever Israeli honored this prestigious recognition, granted so far mostly to Americans.
Peled is a former member of the World Economic Forum. She is also a former member the Clinton Global Initiative LEAD group (since 2010), a flagship program that brings together a select group of twenty accomplished young leaders from around the globe, to develop innovative solutions for some of the world's most pressing challenges.