Bicultural, Marc is French by origin and has lived in Israel for a very long time. He is trilingual.

He also holds a dual academic background: through the renowned “MSTCF” Master from Université Paris Dauphine – PSL in France (following a BA in Economics from the same institution), and through a dedicated program for foreign chartered accountants at The Open University in Israel (where he was a pioneer as a French chartered accountant) focused on taxation (both local and international), business law and corporate law.

As early as 1998, Marc became the first European Chartered Accountant to relocate to Israel within a Big 4 firm (Israeli Institute of Certified Public Accountants). His certification’s thesis already explored the pioneering theme of strategic development opportunities for French corporations in Israel. In particular, while already identifying Israel's appeal as a destination for investment in innovative technologies, he also examined further certain aspects of the France–Israel tax treaty.

Since then, he has built a recognized expertise in investments and business between the two countries. Particularly within the realm of innovative industries.

Before laying the foundations of NFI Partners, Marc built a rich and diversified professional career, both in Israel and in France.

He has worked across three complementary disciplines, on an international scale:

• statutory audit, transaction services (due diligence), strategic advisory and corporate finance (fundraising / mergers and acquisitions, notably between European and Israeli operators);
• alternative investments in general (private equity, real estate, hedge funds) and venture capital within Israel's thriving startups ecosystem in particular;
• creation, management, oversight and turnaround of companies (both private and publicly listed — Nasdaq/TASE) and of professional practices.

Marc has pursued a firmly entrepreneurial path, both fully independently and within leading organizations. He worked for firms such as PwC (France/Israel — one of the world’s leading audit-advisory firms), which later became KPMG Somekh Chaikin (Israel — co-founder of the Technology Group within one of the country’s most prestigious audit-advisory firms), Nessuah-Zannex Venture Capital / US Bancorp Piper Jaffray (Israel/USA — an Israeli venture capital fund operating in partnership with a leading US investment bank, today Piper Sandler), Russell Bedford International (France/UK — founder of the Private Equity Advisory Group within one of the world’s top accountants, auditors, business consultants & tax advisers networks), SGPA (France — a family office specialising in private equity), Harel Insurance & Finance (head of alternative investments for one of Israel's leading institutional investors) and Hutchison Kinrot (an Israeli seed fund born of the alliance between the global Hutchison Group conglomerate and the Israel Innovation Authority). He also served as CEO and as a Board of Directors member, Audit Committee member and Chairman of the Strategic Committee of private and public companies, in Israel as well as in France.

Shlomo (Shlomi) is a Certified Public Accountant qualified in Israel.

He also holds a B.A. in Economics and Accounting from the prestigious Bar-Ilan University.

Shlomi has more than 20 years of rich and varied experience in the world of accounting and corporate finance in Israel.

His professional career spans the full spectrum:

• accounting services for individuals, SMEs and international groups;
• financial controllership for private subsidiaries of large groups;
• tax advisory for individuals and businesses;
• statutory audit and financial audit within a Big 4 firm;
• economic advisory and corporate finance (business planning, valuations, government grants).

Over the course of his career, Shlomi has thus developed strong expertise in the field of accounting in Israel:

• bookkeeping and preparation of financial statements (including consolidated accounts);
• tax advisory across a wide range of areas (tax planning, investment incentive law, annual filings, wealth declarations, VAT declarations, social security);
• accounting and financial reporting to investors or parent companies;
• preparation and monitoring of operating budgets;
• economic advisory (including efficiency measures for companies and household financial management);
• statutory audit for private and listed companies.

In particular, he has built extensive experience in the industrial, financial, commercial, real estate development and income-producing property sectors in Israel.

With an intimate knowledge of the Israeli economic landscape, he combines rigorous execution, a thorough command of local administrative processes, and hands-on pragmatism.

He worked for leading organizations such as KPMG Somekh Chaikin (Israel — one of the country’s most prestigious audit-advisory firms), Agan Chemicals (Israel — now ADAMA, a world leader in crop protection) and Mintz Gedge & Co CPA (Israel — a renowned accounting firm), and has since worked as an independent practitioner.

This career path — spanning a global audit firm, a corporation, a mid-sized accounting firm and independent advisory activities — gives him a rare professional depth in the world of accounting. Shlomi stands out for his ability to adapt to clients with very different profiles.