Sami Friedrich is Chairman of Shaldor, a leading strategic management consulting firm.  He previously worked for McKinsey & Company.

He serves on the Executive of the Israel Democracy Institute.

Sami Friedrich moved to Israel from France after graduating high school.  He served as an officer in the Israeli air force; he holds a B.Sc. from the Hebrew University and an MBA from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Business Administration.

A member of the Jewish Agency’s Board of Governors since October 1999, he served in the past as the Co-Chair of the Personnel for Jewish Education Subcommittee (ERDS).