Philippe Guez

Founding & Managing Partner, Chief Executive Officer

Prior to founding Maor in 2017, Philippe was Executive Vice Chairman of Rothschild & Co in Israel for 10 years. Through his leadership, Rothschild ranked as #1 M&A house in Israel. Prior to managing Rothschild’s Israeli activities, Philippe was a senior executive at Deutsche Bank, where he held various Managing Director positions, notably as Head of Global Banking in France and Head of Equity Sales in Continental Europe.
In parallel to his successful 35-year financial career, Philippe serves as the Chairman of the French-Israel Commission of the French Business Confederation – MEDEF (since 2016). Philippe is also a board member of the France-Israel Chamber of Commerce – CCFI (since 2011). In addition, Philippe has recently been appointed President of the Francophone Friends Association of Tel Aviv University (TAU).
A French-Israeli citizen since 1986, Philippe graduated from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.