Yael leads Innovation and Fintech at Discount Bank. She is responsible for the bank’s external innovation through partnerships and collaborations with Fintech companies, academic institutions and tech. companies. In addition, Yael leads the bank’s direct investments in Fintech companies and VC’s. Yael is also responsible for developing the Bank’s Open Banking as a platform for open innovation. Prior to that Yael worked at Bank Hapoalim where she established and led Hapoalim’s Fintech activities.
Yael graduated cum laude from Tel Aviv University, Faculty of law, and holds an MBA from Boston University