Who We Are

As one of the UK’s innovative, niche Jewish charities, we honour a new generation of young philanthropists inspired by their engagement in a proactive movement to better humanity. Promoting the person-centred message that everyone’s contribution matters is the meaningful way we aim to communicate with the public. With 85% of the total coming from the new, young donor audience, Laniado UK now stands out as a distinct charity which promotes giving and leadership. Our goal is to harness the potential in this viable community and encourage philanthropy at all levels.

We aim to set the best example of what can be achieved through involvement. To this end, our focus on involving the future philanthropists of tomorrow has helped us cultivate an eager and willing audience motivated by achievement toward a charitable goal, communal identity and engagement and personal fulfilment.

UK Committee

PROFESSIONAL STAFF

To achieve our goals, we rely on the integrity, knowledge, imagination, skill and teamwork of Laniado employees. Laniado's ability to deliver on our strategy is dependent upon our employees as they are one of our greatest assets. Based on the vision of our founder, we believe in individuals and in our colleagues’ ability to use their common sense to take responsibility and use their initiative.They are responsible for discovering, developing and delivering the innovative ideas and programmes that recruit and manage our volunteers, fundraisers and friends to help to enable their efforts in supporting Laniado Hospital.

We believe one key to successful charity evolution and growth in today's rapidly changing economy driven by knowledge and innovation is to let go of formal centralised control that is so often found in the traditional charity infrastructure. Our staff stay closer to our donors and volunteers, who know better the needs of the community and can respond faster to changing expectations. At Laniado, decisions are made faster, the entrepreneurial creativity of our employees is released, and ideas are managed better.

Simon Silver Chief Executive

Paul Greenberg Business Development Manager

CHAIRMAN AND TRUSTEES

Mr Jeremy Kohn Chairman

Jerry Kohn graduated college in New York in accountancy. After getting married he worked for twenty years as a commodities trader for Marc Rich and Co which later became Glencore. Jerry is now working as a property investment adviser, advising on commercial and residential investment opportunities across the UK. Jerry and his wife Chana live in Golders Green, they have eight children.

Trustees

Our trustees are the people who serve on the governing body of our charity and are responsible for the general control and management of the administration of Laniado Hospital UK.

Our trustees have and must accept ultimate responsibility for directing the affairs of the charity, and ensuring that it is solvent, well-run, and delivering the charitable outcomes for the benefit of the public for which Laniado Hospital UK been set up. They are ultimately guided by the tenets and directives of the Articles of Association for Laniado UK, as the charity is now limited by company guarantee (Reg. 1126356) and by the expectations and responsibilities laid out by the Charity Commission. They aim to ensure compliance, and are focused on the duty of prudence and the duty of care in the charity.

Our Trustees are:

Mr Jeremy Kohn, Chair of Trustees

Yoram Allalouf, Sam Dayani, Stephen Greenman, Andrew Stern and Rabbi Aaron Shaye Spitzer

Together with the charity, the trustees aim to implement and abide by the Charity Commission's "Hallmarks of an Effective Charity," helping to establish Laniado Hospital UK as a role model in good practice.

EXECUTIVE BOARD

The Executive Board are responsible for upcoming financial prospects to ensure that Laniado has a secure future. In a very short span of time, their wealth of knowledge, talent and passion for communicating the universal message of Laniado has brought many new supporters and friends from all walks of life and beliefs. They are bound by their belief that Laniado is serving as a living, active new philanthropy for our modern age and provides concrete solutions for the physical, mental and social needs of those less privileged in the troubled Middle East.

Mr David Bloom, Executive Board Member and Campaign Chairman 2011

David Bloom is 28 years old and has a degree in classical Hebrew from UCL, a  co-founder of IP Vision in March 2008, he played a key role in raising start-up investment for the launch of the UK's first ‘over the top' IPTV service. David is responsible for overseeing IP Vision's commercial matters, including strategic agreements, as well as business development include securing content and distribution agreements with major distributors and content owners including BSkyB, Betfair and Tesco. Prior to this David held a number of management positions at YooMedia PLC and was youth director at Hampstead Garden Suburb synagogue. David is active in a number of charities and communal organisations.

Sam Dayani, Executive Board Member and Trustee

Sam is currently the chairman of CentralNic Ltd, an independent global domain name registry. In addition to his work devising revenue streams, he also identified strategic partners and successfully negotiated terms with companies such as Google and ESpotting. Before this, Sam set up ViaVision, a parent company for digital interactive television channels on the Sky digital platform, providing services, facilities and expertise for 5 channels, allowing cost savings and pooled resources that would otherwise be unachievable for smaller niche digital channels. His expertise lies in business development, revenue stream creation, sales and marketing with an in depth understanding of the digital media business world.

Mr Raphael de Botton,Executive Board Member

Raphael de Botton is an Associate in the Private Equity Group, based in London. Before joining Blackstone in 2006, Raphael worked for 2 years at Lazard in the Mergers and Acquisition division, in New York. Raphael currently serves on the Board of the Tragus Group Limited. Raphael graduated from ESSEC Business School with a Master's degree in finance, and from the French National Institute of Telecommunications with a Masters of Science.

Daniel Kattan, Executive Board Member

Daniel is 34 years old and has a degree in Management Sciences. The first 3 years of Daniel’s career were spent running a small chain of hotels in North London. Alongside this, he has spent 13 years in the property sector developing a mixed portfolio of residential and commercial property. More recently this has involved investing in property outside the UK. Daniel continues to acquire both investment and development opportunities within the property sector. Along with his brothers, Daniel set up Squires Estates Agents in January 2004 which has now become a successful residential estate agent dealing with sales, letting and management in the North London area. He is also a founder of Urban Leisure Group which now owns and operates 5 bars in North-West and Central London.

John Levin, Executive Board Member

John joined the board of directors of IGI Insurance Company Limited, a specialist general insurer based in Nottingham, in1994. In 1995 he acquired significant stake in IGI and was the managing director from 1995 to 1997. In 2007 he sold his interest in IGI to a NASDAQ listed group of insurance companies. In 1997 John co-founded Telecom Plus Plc, a technology led utilities service supplier listed on the London Stock Exchange and was a non-exec director of Telecom Plus Plc from 1997 to 2006. He is the Chairman and co-founder of the Quanis Group which provides comprehensive business technology solutions for the insurance industry in the USA and UK. John holds a Bachelor of Commerce Degree and an Honours Degree in Business Information Systems from University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.

Daniel Lewin, Executive Board Member

Daniel is the first UK tax partner of Kaye Scholer LLP, where he specialises in the UK and international taxation of investment funds. Prior to establishing Kaye Scholer’s UK tax practice, Daniel worked at Schulte Roth & Zabel, Allen & Overy, and Cleary, Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton. Daniel was born and raised in Germany, and received an LL.B. from the London School of Economics, and an LL.M. in International Law from Georgetown University Law Centre.

Mr Nathaniel Meyohas, Executive Board Member and Dinner Chairman 2011

Nathaniel Meyohas is 36 years old. After having spent several years working for large investment banks and getting an MBA from NYU, Nathaniel moved into private equity. Nathaniel worked for 8 years for a large American private equity fund in new York and London, specialising in investing in turnarounds and underperforming companies. He led several highly successful investments by investing in high profile European and American companies. In 2010, Nathaniel launched a new private investment firm, Greybull Capital, specialising in acquiring underperforming and troubled companies, with a view to improving their performance and profitability.

Mrs Michaela Meyohas, Executive Board Member

Michaela is from London and graduated from UCL with a degree in Art History. She then launched a jewellery brand 'Urban Sphinx' producing and selling gold fashion jewellery to shops and private clients. Following htis, she worked in the family art collecting business with intense focus on the more contemporary art culture and pieces. Michaela spent a considerable amount of time researching and collecting cutting edge urban and graffiti art by both British and International artists, and is now focusing on raising a family with an 18 month old son and a baby on the way in March.

Mr Mort Mirghavameddin, Executive Board Member

Mort started his career with the London Stock Exchange in 1986 before moving to the Securities and Futures Authority where he was an inspector in the enforcement/surveillance division. In 1995 he joined Guinness Mahon & Co. as Group Head of Compliance. Following the acquisition of Guinness Mahon & Co by Investec, he became the Head of Compliance for Investec Holdings (UK) Limited. From 2001 to mid 2010, Mort was the Managing Director of Investec Bank in the Channel Islands where he grew profitability from £1 million to £20 million per annum during this period and was responsible for assets of £2 billion. Under Mort's leadership, Investec Bank Channels Islands was awarded the accolade of Best Large Business by the Department of Commerce and Employment in Guernsey in 2009. Mort subsequently established one of the first Mezzanine funds in the UK, Maslow Capital, before heading back to the corporate world as CEO of Jordan International Bank in Mayfair. He will be married in June after which he hopes to sire many children. As one of our most dedicated and active Muslim supporters, Mort has helped to advance cooperative efforts in the community at large, widened the scope of the charity and facilitated a more positive perception of interfaith work. He is a role model for our volunteers, activists and donors.

Ms Sarah Peters, Executive Board Member

Sarah is the Deputy CIO of a European equities trading Fund. Sarah has worked at the Fund for 11 years in roles which include Senior Portfolio Manager in its Flagship Fund, Co-CIO of its Pan Asian Fund and various quantitative trading research roles. Sarah has worked out of Sydney and Hong Kong over the years, but is now based in London where she is responsible for day to day co-ordination, trading development and Portfolio Management working directly with the Fund Manager's CIO.Sarah has a degree in Biological Sciences from Birmingham University.

Dr Michael J Sinclair, Executive Board Member

Dr. Sinclair was the founding member of the Saatchi Synagogue and continues to be closely involved as a Trustee. He was Chairman of Jewish Continuity, founded by the Chief Rabbi in 1993, and some years later, he oversaw its merger with the JIA, becoming Vice-Chairman of the newly formed United Jewish Israel Appeal. He continues to sit on the Board today. Dr. Sinclair was a founder of Schools J-Link, the Jewish Learning Exchange and the Jewish Outreach Network. He has been Chairman of the Management Committee of the Sage Nursing Home since its opening. Dr. Sinclair is Chairman of the Executive Board of The World Council for Torah Education and a Board Member of the British Friends of Arad. He is Vice Chairman of JNF UK.

Mr Stephen Ziff, Executive Board Member

Stephen, 36, has worked in financial services for over 12 years and  is currently a partner at a leading global private equity firm. After starting out in investment banking for the Rothschild Group, he moved to Israel where he set up and ran a venture capital fund. Upon returning to London, he joined Coller Capital where he currently remains with responsibility for finding and making secondary private equity investments in the UK. This requires him to work alongside hedge funds, corporates, financial institutions and other private equity focussed investors. Outside of business, he is married with three young (but growing) children and, in addition to Laniado UK, he is involved with Jewish Care and is a governor at Hertsmere Jewish Primary School.

Laurent Zmiro, Executive Board Member

Laurent is the co-founding partner of London Management Group LLP, an independent FSA registered boutique specialised in Asset Management, Funds Distribution & Real Estate. Prior to setting up LMG, Laurent spent 5 years at Credit Suisse within the Private Client Services Division in London where he covered French speaking Europe. He previously performed a similar role at Morgan Stanley from 1998 to 2001. Laurent was born and educated in France. He holds a Master’s degree in Finance and a Post-graduate degree in Management from the Sorbonne University in Paris.

 

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