帕奇菲特?盧薩卡-艾米諾奇認(rèn)為,一名優(yōu)秀領(lǐng)導(dǎo)者要善于把握進(jìn)退時(shí)機(jī)。
這位以色列國民銀行(Bank Leumi,以色列市值最高的銀行)的前總裁兼首席執(zhí)行官表示,任何首席執(zhí)行官“都不應(yīng)該占位數(shù)十年”。
正是在一定程度上出于這個(gè)原因,現(xiàn)年54歲的盧薩卡-艾米諾奇宣布,她于2019年6月從以色列國民銀行離職,放棄了全球?yàn)閿?shù)不多的女性銀行首席執(zhí)行官這一顯赫地位。
她說:“能夠恰當(dāng)把握離開時(shí)機(jī)的人,堪稱人生楷模。”
她當(dāng)時(shí)并未說明離職的原因,但在本月初接受《財(cái)富》雜志采訪時(shí),她介紹了她離職的前因后果,并透露了她接下來的打算。
在微軟(Microsoft)、沃爾瑪(Walmart)、巴克萊(Barclays)和穆迪(Moodys)支持下成立的特拉維夫和紐約風(fēng)投公司Team8在9月15日宣布,盧薩卡-艾米諾奇將與兩位金融科技公司創(chuàng)始人(即支付公司Payoneer的尤瓦爾?塔爾和社會投資網(wǎng)絡(luò)及多資產(chǎn)經(jīng)紀(jì)公司eToro的羅恩?阿西婭)共同擔(dān)任其新成立分公司Team8 Fintech的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)者。這兩家金融科技初創(chuàng)公司都是價(jià)值不低于10億美元的私營獨(dú)角獸公司。PayPal的前東歐、以色列和非洲業(yè)務(wù)發(fā)展主管加利亞?比爾-加貝爾也是Team8 Fintech的創(chuàng)始人之一。
以色列精英情報(bào)組織“8200部隊(duì)”( Unit 8200,類似于美國國家安全局)的成員們于2014年成立了Team8,旨在建立網(wǎng)絡(luò)安全公司;公司后來不斷擴(kuò)張,先后成立了風(fēng)險(xiǎn)投資部門和金融技術(shù)部門。(盧薩卡-艾米諾奇稱,她第一次與Team8的聯(lián)合創(chuàng)始人納達(dá)夫?扎弗里爾接觸是因?yàn)楹诳驮噲D敲詐勒索以色列國民銀行,她向他尋求幫助。)
新成立的金融科技部門將以Team8的創(chuàng)辦模式為基礎(chǔ),即在Team8的資助下,與各企業(yè)家合作創(chuàng)辦新的公司。Team8 Fintech的使命是B2B和B2B2C。盧薩卡-艾米諾奇稱,主要目標(biāo)是建立在位企業(yè)(incumbent firms)在努力實(shí)現(xiàn)數(shù)字化過程中可以利用的初創(chuàng)企業(yè)。也就是說,初創(chuàng)企業(yè)不需要爭取新客戶,這一過程可能既費(fèi)時(shí)又費(fèi)錢。
盧薩卡-艾米諾奇稱,“我們的理念是讓客戶可以隨時(shí)隨地享受服務(wù)?!?/p>
Team8 Fintech正在建立的第一家公司,將協(xié)助評估中小型電子商務(wù)企業(yè)的信用風(fēng)險(xiǎn)。該公司計(jì)劃在未來五年內(nèi)共同創(chuàng)立5至6家公司,為每家公司投資500萬至800萬美元。
盧薩卡-艾米諾奇決定加入Team8,但其職位與其先前在一家可以追溯至1902年的傳統(tǒng)銀行中擔(dān)任的職位截然不同。盧薩卡-艾米諾奇曾經(jīng)擔(dān)任以色列國民銀行的首席執(zhí)行官達(dá)7年之久,并因?yàn)樽屧撔信ぬ潪橛鴤涫苜澴u(yù)。她策劃讓政府下令將以色列國民銀行的信用卡部門出售給美國私募股權(quán)巨頭華平集團(tuán)(Warburg Pincus)。她通過為數(shù)千名員工增加遣散費(fèi)或提前發(fā)放退休金,讓該行的員工人數(shù)縮減至約10,000人,并通過關(guān)閉或合并數(shù)十家實(shí)體分行收縮了該行的實(shí)體足跡。盧薩卡-艾米諾奇還于2017年6月帶領(lǐng)公司推出了以色列國民銀行的全移動(dòng)數(shù)字銀行Pepper。在她任職期間,該行實(shí)現(xiàn)了創(chuàng)紀(jì)錄的利潤和市值。
在盧薩卡-艾米諾奇任職期間,以色列頒布了一項(xiàng)法律,規(guī)定銀行高管的年薪不得超過250萬謝克爾(約合73萬美元),銀行首席執(zhí)行官的境況發(fā)生了巨變。她表示,這部法律并沒有促使她離職,但“這卻是一個(gè)不容忽視的因素?!?/p>
盧薩卡-艾米諾奇表示,她創(chuàng)立Pepper的經(jīng)歷促使她加入了Team8,而不是擔(dān)任另一家銀行的首席執(zhí)行官。她在接受《財(cái)富》雜志采訪時(shí)證實(shí),她曾經(jīng)想進(jìn)入歐洲銀行,并且已經(jīng)收到了紐約一家金融公司的錄用通知。
盧薩卡-艾米諾奇表示,無論哪個(gè)國家,現(xiàn)有金融企業(yè)都可能存在過時(shí)的制度和流程,且員工眾多,這也意味著“扭轉(zhuǎn)頹勢的余地有限?!薄皠?chuàng)辦一家新企業(yè)的前景遠(yuǎn)比讓一家大型企業(yè)扭轉(zhuǎn)頹勢更讓我興奮激動(dòng)?!彼f。(財(cái)富中文網(wǎng))
翻譯:郝秀
審校:汪皓
帕奇菲特?盧薩卡-艾米諾奇認(rèn)為,一名優(yōu)秀領(lǐng)導(dǎo)者要善于把握進(jìn)退時(shí)機(jī)。
這位以色列國民銀行(Bank Leumi,以色列市值最高的銀行)的前總裁兼首席執(zhí)行官表示,任何首席執(zhí)行官“都不應(yīng)該占位數(shù)十年”。
正是在一定程度上出于這個(gè)原因,現(xiàn)年54歲的盧薩卡-艾米諾奇宣布,她于2019年6月從以色列國民銀行離職,放棄了全球?yàn)閿?shù)不多的女性銀行首席執(zhí)行官這一顯赫地位。
她說:“能夠恰當(dāng)把握離開時(shí)機(jī)的人,堪稱人生楷模?!?/p>
她當(dāng)時(shí)并未說明離職的原因,但在本月初接受《財(cái)富》雜志采訪時(shí),她介紹了她離職的前因后果,并透露了她接下來的打算。
在微軟(Microsoft)、沃爾瑪(Walmart)、巴克萊(Barclays)和穆迪(Moodys)支持下成立的特拉維夫和紐約風(fēng)投公司Team8在9月15日宣布,盧薩卡-艾米諾奇將與兩位金融科技公司創(chuàng)始人(即支付公司Payoneer的尤瓦爾?塔爾和社會投資網(wǎng)絡(luò)及多資產(chǎn)經(jīng)紀(jì)公司eToro的羅恩?阿西婭)共同擔(dān)任其新成立分公司Team8 Fintech的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)者。這兩家金融科技初創(chuàng)公司都是價(jià)值不低于10億美元的私營獨(dú)角獸公司。PayPal的前東歐、以色列和非洲業(yè)務(wù)發(fā)展主管加利亞?比爾-加貝爾也是Team8 Fintech的創(chuàng)始人之一。
以色列精英情報(bào)組織“8200部隊(duì)”( Unit 8200,類似于美國國家安全局)的成員們于2014年成立了Team8,旨在建立網(wǎng)絡(luò)安全公司;公司后來不斷擴(kuò)張,先后成立了風(fēng)險(xiǎn)投資部門和金融技術(shù)部門。(盧薩卡-艾米諾奇稱,她第一次與Team8的聯(lián)合創(chuàng)始人納達(dá)夫?扎弗里爾接觸是因?yàn)楹诳驮噲D敲詐勒索以色列國民銀行,她向他尋求幫助。)
新成立的金融科技部門將以Team8的創(chuàng)辦模式為基礎(chǔ),即在Team8的資助下,與各企業(yè)家合作創(chuàng)辦新的公司。Team8 Fintech的使命是B2B和B2B2C。盧薩卡-艾米諾奇稱,主要目標(biāo)是建立在位企業(yè)(incumbent firms)在努力實(shí)現(xiàn)數(shù)字化過程中可以利用的初創(chuàng)企業(yè)。也就是說,初創(chuàng)企業(yè)不需要爭取新客戶,這一過程可能既費(fèi)時(shí)又費(fèi)錢。
盧薩卡-艾米諾奇稱,“我們的理念是讓客戶可以隨時(shí)隨地享受服務(wù)。”
Team8 Fintech正在建立的第一家公司,將協(xié)助評估中小型電子商務(wù)企業(yè)的信用風(fēng)險(xiǎn)。該公司計(jì)劃在未來五年內(nèi)共同創(chuàng)立5至6家公司,為每家公司投資500萬至800萬美元。
盧薩卡-艾米諾奇決定加入Team8,但其職位與其先前在一家可以追溯至1902年的傳統(tǒng)銀行中擔(dān)任的職位截然不同。盧薩卡-艾米諾奇曾經(jīng)擔(dān)任以色列國民銀行的首席執(zhí)行官達(dá)7年之久,并因?yàn)樽屧撔信ぬ潪橛鴤涫苜澴u(yù)。她策劃讓政府下令將以色列國民銀行的信用卡部門出售給美國私募股權(quán)巨頭華平集團(tuán)(Warburg Pincus)。她通過為數(shù)千名員工增加遣散費(fèi)或提前發(fā)放退休金,讓該行的員工人數(shù)縮減至約10,000人,并通過關(guān)閉或合并數(shù)十家實(shí)體分行收縮了該行的實(shí)體足跡。盧薩卡-艾米諾奇還于2017年6月帶領(lǐng)公司推出了以色列國民銀行的全移動(dòng)數(shù)字銀行Pepper。在她任職期間,該行實(shí)現(xiàn)了創(chuàng)紀(jì)錄的利潤和市值。
在盧薩卡-艾米諾奇任職期間,以色列頒布了一項(xiàng)法律,規(guī)定銀行高管的年薪不得超過250萬謝克爾(約合73萬美元),銀行首席執(zhí)行官的境況發(fā)生了巨變。她表示,這部法律并沒有促使她離職,但“這卻是一個(gè)不容忽視的因素?!?/p>
盧薩卡-艾米諾奇表示,她創(chuàng)立Pepper的經(jīng)歷促使她加入了Team8,而不是擔(dān)任另一家銀行的首席執(zhí)行官。她在接受《財(cái)富》雜志采訪時(shí)證實(shí),她曾經(jīng)想進(jìn)入歐洲銀行,并且已經(jīng)收到了紐約一家金融公司的錄用通知。
盧薩卡-艾米諾奇表示,無論哪個(gè)國家,現(xiàn)有金融企業(yè)都可能存在過時(shí)的制度和流程,且員工眾多,這也意味著“扭轉(zhuǎn)頹勢的余地有限。”“創(chuàng)辦一家新企業(yè)的前景遠(yuǎn)比讓一家大型企業(yè)扭轉(zhuǎn)頹勢更讓我興奮激動(dòng)?!彼f。(財(cái)富中文網(wǎng))
翻譯:郝秀
審校:汪皓
For Rakefet Russak-Aminoach, part of being a good leader is knowing when to leave.
The former president and CEO of Bank Leumi, Israel's largest bank by market cap, says no chief executive "should sit in their chair for dozens of years."
It was partly for that reason that Russak-Aminoach, now 54, announced she was leaving Leumi in June 2019 and giving up her prominent role as one of the world's only female bank CEOs.
"Leaving after a certain amount of time is part of [being a] role model," she says.
At the time, she didn't give a reason for her resignation, but in an interview with Fortune earlier this month, she provided more context for her departure and revealed what she's doing next.
On September 15, Team8, a Tel Aviv- and New York-based venture group backed by Microsoft, Walmart, Barclays, and Moodys, announced that Russak-Aminoach will be one of the leaders of its new arm, Team8 Fintech. She will be joined by two fintech founders, Yuval Tal of payments company Payoneer, and Ronen Assia of eToro, a social trading network and multi-asset brokerage. Both fintech startups are unicorns—industry slang for private companies valued at $1 billion or more. Galia Beer-Gabel, PayPal's former head of business development in Eastern Europe, Israel, and Africa, is also joining the Team8 Fintech founding team.
Alums of Israel's elite intelligence group Unit 8200 (similar to the U.S.'s NSA) launched Team8 in 2014 to build cybersecurity companies; the firm has since expanded with a venture capital arm and now a fintech division. (Russak-Aminoach says she first connected with Team8 co-founder, Nadav Zafrir, when she enlisted him for help after hackers tried to blackmail Bank Leumi.)
The new fintech division will build on Team8's foundry model in which it partners with entrepreneurs to co-found new companies that receive Team8 funding. Team8 Fintech's mission is B2B and B2B2C. Russak-Aminoach says a primary goal is to build startups that incumbent firms can tap as they work to go digital. That means the startups don't have to acquire brand new customers, which can be a lengthy and expensive process.
"Our idea is let the customers be served where they are," Russak-Aminoach said.
The first company Team8 Fintech is building will provide an engine to evaluate credit risk of small- and medium-sized enterprises in e-commerce. The division plans to co-found five to six companies over the next five years and invest $5 million to $8 million in each.
Russak-Aminoach's decision to join Team8 is a stark departure from her prior role leading a legacy bank that dates back to 1902. Russak-Aminoach was CEO of Leumi for seven years and is credited with turning the bank around. She engineered the government-ordered sale of Leumi's credit card division to U.S. private equity fund Warburg Pincus. She reduced the bank's headcount to roughly 10,000 by offering thousands of workers extended severance or early pension arrangements and shrank the bank's physical footprint by closing or merging dozens of brick-and-mortar branch locations. Russak-Aminoach also led the launch of Pepper, Leumi's fully-mobile digital bank, in June 2017. During her tenure, the bank achieved record profits and market capitalization.
The landscape for bank CEOs changed dramatically midway through Russak-Aminoach's tenure when Israel passed a law that capped bank executive's compensation at 2.5 million shekels, or $730,000, a year. The law didn't expedite her exit, she says, but allows, "It’s a factor, it’s not something you can ignore."
Russak-Aminoach says her startup experience with Pepper is what motivated her to join Team8, versus taking another bank CEO role. She confirmed to Fortune reports that she was in contention for jobs at European banks and said she'd fielded an offer from a financial company in New York.
No matter the country, financial industry incumbents can have outdated systems and processes and lots of people, Russak-Aminoach says, meaning "how far you can go with your turnaround is limited." The prospect of "building a new thing made me much more happy and excited than continuing to turn around a very large ship."