Founders
Barak Gonen
Co-chairman of the ‘Financial Justice’ association
Barak Gonen is an educator, lecturer, and author of cyber textbooks. He is also the co-chairman of the Financial Justice Association, which is a partner in the establishment of the Brandeis Institute. Gonen is concerned about the impact of financial concentration of power on both the cost of living and democracy. As part of the Financial Justice Association, he led the field of banking, was a partner in the promotion of legislation regarding the reform to increase competition in the banking sector, and worked to establish the parliamentary investigation committee into credit failures for large borrowers.
Dr. Harel Primak
Co-chairman of the ‘Financial Justice’ association
Dr. Harel Primak is a technology consultant and social activist who specializes in understanding the financial system and its impact on society and the economy in Israel, as well as the relationship between Big Business, government and the media. He has been active in promoting and improving the economy in these aspects for about 15 years. Dr. Primak is also a co-founder and co-chairman of the Financial Justice Association, which is a partner in the establishment of the Brandeis Institute.
Guy Rolnik
Founder of TheMarker
Guy Rolnik is an award-winning economic journalist who founded the influential financial newspaper TheMarker and served as its editor-in-chief until 2013. He is also a clinical professor at the Booth School of Business, University of Chicago. Rolnik has published countless columns and articles on the Israeli and global economy, with a focus on holding powerful economic, political, and governmental figures to account and fighting corruption. Under his leadership, TheMarker was the central voice in the public struggle to dismantle concentrated economic power in the Israeli economy and to strengthen competition in the financial sector. He is also involved in efforts to empower independent press and restrain the power global technology giants.
