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Naomi is SVP at Social Finance Israel. Her professional focus is the intersection of business, social change, and technology. She worked as an investment banker on Wall Street, supporting tech companies on IPOs, M&A and strategic transactions. She was CEO of STRIVE Israel, a flagship employment program of JDC-Tevet. She helped establish and ran the UK Israel Tech Hub, a public-private model of creating bilateral business and technology partnerships. In her last role prior to joining SFI, Naomi was VP at the Israel Innovation Authority and the first head of its Societal Challenges division, which funds and supports "impact tech", and aims to develop human capital for the innovation industry. Naomi is an 8200 alumnus, has a BA in Economics and International Relations from Hebrew University, a Master´s in Public Policy from Harvard, and was a fellow at Cambridge University´s Centre of Science and Policy.