Chemi Peres
Country:
Israel
Company:
Pitango Fund
Peres serves as chairman of the executive committee of the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation, established in 1996 by his father, Israel's 8th Prime Minister and 9th President, Shimon Peres. He is also chairman of Peres & Associates Global Advisory. He is active as a board member at Social Finance Israel, and serves on the Geox Ethics & Sustainability Committee since March 2020. In early 2020 Bertelsmann Stiftung foundation announced Peres the recipient of the Reinhard Mohn Prize. Peres is a member of the ORT Israel Friends Association, which promotes science and technology education in Israel. He is a member of the Executive Committee of Friends of Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya. He served as chairman of the Israel-America Chamber of Commerce from 2008 to 2011. Peres co-founded Israel Venture Association (now known as IATI), and served as its chairman from 2002 to 2004. In that capacity, he fought the prime minister's office intention to significantly cut the budget for the high-tech sector.