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Yorai was Co-Founder, Partner and CFO at UMT Consulting Group, a global management consultancy established in 1989 and based in New York and London, and UMT360, a software and consultancy company that specialised in implementing large-scale enterprise portfolio management frameworks across the lifecycle of projects, applications and processes.

Yorai holds a PhD in History from the London School of Economics, as well as an MBA and an MSc in Physics from the Tel Aviv University. He is currently a Research Fellow at the Birkbeck Institute for the Study of Antisemitism.

In 2020 Yorai became chair of World ORT’s finance committee. He also serves as trustee and treasurer of ORT UK, and as a trustee of ORT Braude Engineering College.

Simon Alberga served as chairman of ORT UK from 2009 to 2021.

Since graduating with a BA in Economics from Harvard University, Simon has spent his career in finance and business. Since 1996, he has been a partner in private equity firm Young Associates, investing in technology companies in the UK together with former World ORT President the late Lord Young of Graffham.

Simon is married to Julia, who founded the ORT JUMP mentoring program in the UK, and they are the proud parents of three boys. He lived in Jamaica – where he was born – Canada and the United States before moving to Britain in 1992.

Jon Levine is the President of The Image Group, a top 40 promotional products distributor in
the country with offices in Toledo, OH, Richmond, VA, Cleveland, OH and Ann Arbor, MI.

Jon is responsible for strategic direction as well as acquisitions. Prior to joining The Image Group, Jon
was an Executive in the Steel Distribution industry holding positions with O’Neal Steel of Birmingham, AL and Wabash-Lagrange Steel of Toledo, OH.

Jon serves as the Current Chair of the JSS SO, a $12 million supporting organization for Jewish Seniors in Greater Toledo. He is also the current member of the Toledo Museum of Art Development Committee, and has served as the Past President of the Jewish Federation of Greater Toledo, the Past President of the Make-A-Wish Foundation of NW Ohio, and was a Past Board Member of the United Way of Greater Toledo, as well as a Past Board Member of Mercy Health System ($4 billion revenue hospital chain).

Jon graduated from Arizona State University with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting in 1980.
He has been married for thirty-five years to Arleen Levine, and they have two adult sons.

Having obtained his Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the Harvard University in Massachusetts, Arturo has since 1989 been working for Merik – a company specializing in access/entry systems. Under his leadership, the business has opened 30 branches throughout Mexico and initiated operations in Central and South America, with a presence in Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panama and Peru.

In addition, Arturo has performed roles for other companies in the Merik Group, which specialize in areas including technological education, the production of brake hoses for the automotive industry, the development of products for the automotive industry, and the manufacturing of agitators and mixers for the energy industry. These companies have achieved great success in Mexico and abroad, serving the public and private sectors.

Married with three children, Arturo served as President of ORT Mexico from 2009 until 2022.