Business Experience

1979 to 1983
Commentator in Yedioth Aharonot, Ma’ariv, and Bamakhane. Published sci-fi short fiction in
Fantasy 2000.
Founder and co-owner of a chain of computerised information kiosks in Tel-Aviv, Israel.

1982 to 1985

Senior positions with the Nessim D. Gaon Group of Companies in Geneva, Paris and NewYork (NOGA and APROFIM SA):
– Chief Analyst of Edible Commodities in the Group’s Headquarters in
Switzerland
– Manager of the Research and Analysis Division
– Manager of the Data Processing Division
– Project Manager of the Nigerian Computerised Census
– Vice President in charge of RND and Advanced Technologies
– Vice President in charge of Sovereign Debt Financing
1985 to 1986
Represented Canadian Venture Capital Funds in Israel.

1986 to 1987

General Manager of IPE Ltd. in London. The firm financed international multi-lateral
countertrade and leasing transactions.
1988 to 1990
Co-founder and Director of “Mikbats-Tesuah”, a portfolio management firm based in TelAviv.
Activities included large-scale portfolio management, underwriting, forex trading and general
financial advisory services.
1990 to Present
Freelance consultant to many of Israel’s Blue-Chip firms, mainly on issues related to the
capital markets in Israel, Canada, the UK and the USA.
Consultant to foreign RND ventures and to Governments on macro-economic matters.
Freelance journalist in various media in the United States.

1990 to 1995

President of the Israel chapter of the Professors World Peace Academy (PWPA) and (briefly)
Israel representative of the “Washington Times”.
1993 to 1994
Co-owner and Director of many business enterprises:
– The Omega and Energy Air-Conditioning Concern
– AVP Financial Consultants
– Handiman Legal Services
Total annual turnover of the group: 10 million USD.
Co-owner, Director and Finance Manager of COSTI Ltd. – Israel’s largest computerised
information vendor and developer. Raised funds through a series of private placements
locally in the USA, Canada and London.

1993 to 1996

Publisher and Editor of a Capital Markets Newsletter distributed by subscription only to
dozens of subscribers countrywide.
Tried and incarcerated for 11 months for his role in an attempted takeover of Israel’s
Agriculture Bank involving securities fraud.
Managed the Internet and International News Department of an Israeli mass media group,
“Ha-Tikshoret and Namer”.
Assistant in the Law Faculty in Tel-Aviv University (to Prof. S.G. Shoham).

1996 to 1999

Financial consultant to leading businesses in Macedonia, Russia and the Czech Republic.
Economic commentator in “Nova Makedonija”, “Dnevnik”, “Makedonija Denes”, “Izvestia”,
“Argumenti i Fakti”, “The Middle East Times”, “The New Presence”, “Central Europe
Review”, and other periodicals, and in the economic programs on various channels of
Macedonian Television.
Chief Lecturer in courses in Macedonia organized by the Agency of Privatization, by the
Stock Exchange, and by the Ministry of Trade.
1999 to 2002
Economic Advisor to the Government of the Republic of Macedonia and to the Ministry of
Finance.

2001 to 2003

Senior Business Correspondent for United Press International (UPI).
2005 –
Associate Editor and columnist, Global Politician
Founding Analyst, The Analyst Network
Contributing Writer, American Chronicle
Expert, Self-growth and Bizymoms and contributor to Mental Health Matters
2007-2008
Columnist and analyst in “Nova Makedonija“, “Fokus”, and “Kapital” (Macedonian papers
and newsweeklies).

2008-2011

Member of the Steering Committee for the Advancement of Healthcare in the Republic of
Macedonia
Advisor to the Minister of Health of Macedonia
Seminars and lectures on economic issues in various forums in Macedonia.

2011-

• Editor in Chief of Global Politician and Investment Politics
• Columnist in Dnevnik and Publika, Fokus, and Nova Makedonija (North Macedonia)
• Columnist in InfoPlus and Libertas
• Member CFACT Board of Advisors
• Contributor to Recovering the Self
• Columnist in New York Daily Sun
• Professor of Clinical Psychology and Professor of Business Management at CIAPS
  (Commonwealth Institute of Advanced Professional Studies in Cambridge and Birmingham
  UK; Ontario, Canada; and Lagos, Nigeria) (Detailed Bio) (Letter of Appointment)
  Visting Professor of Psychology and Economics in South East European University (SEEU)
  (Letters of Appointment 2024-6 1, 2)
  Columnist in Brussels Morning

2017-2022

Visiting Professor of Psychology in Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia