MAOR, GALIA

MAOR, GALIA (1943– ), president and CEO of Bank Leumi. Maor received an M.B.A. from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and began her banking career at the Bank of Israel in 1963. She filled a long series of positions from assistant to the manager of open markets to adviser to the director general. From 1982 to 1987 she served as the supervisor of banks. During her time in that position, the banks' manipulation of their own share prices was revealed in a major scandal. She retired from the Bank of Israel in 1989 and worked for two years as a consultant for the Somech-Haikin accounting firm. In 1991 she joined Bank Leumi, first as deputy CEO and from 1995 as CEO. Maor is considered a top-flight manager who led Bank Leumi to numerous successes, positioning it second after Bank Hapoalim in the hierarchy of Israeli banks. In 2004 she was ranked 36th in Forbes' list of the world's most successful women. -BIBLIOGRAPHY: "Galia Maor, CEO of Bank Leumi," at: www.ynet.co.il\>\> (Apr. 4, 2004). (Shaked Gilboa (2nd ed.)