Location Israel, Asia Regions Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA), Middle East, Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Gender Male
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Ron Shapira, CFA is the Chief Financial Officer of Centurion Holdings, LLC. His responsibilities include advising portfolio companies on financial and other operational aspects of their business with respect to strategies undertaken. Prior to joining Centurion, he spent two decades in various roles in the financial services industry.
Ron was a
Director for the Advisor Growth and Development Group at Merrill Lynch, where he supported senior management on key strategic initiatives and managed a national team of specialists that supported planning efforts by the firm’s Financial Advisors. He also spent 12 years at UBS working for top management – including the Chairman/CEO and President/COO of the U.S. wealth management business – on corporate strategy and development; providing critical support on M&A, business plan reviews, organizational issues and competitive analysis. He was also a Director at UBS for a global strategy group in Switzerland and a Financial Advisor on a $2 Billion Barron’s Top 100 team. Additionally, Ron helped launch Lightyear Capital (then a $1.9B private equity firm) and supported the CFO’s team at the global hedge fund firm, Long Term Capital Management. He began his career at Coopers & Lybrand where he earned a CPA designation.
Ron is a CFA charter-holder and graduated cum laude from New York University’s Stern Undergraduate School of Business. He was previously Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Private Wealth Management Committee at the New York Society of Security Analysts and is a board member of the Association of Community Employment for the Homeless. Ron also actively supports the American Cancer Society’s efforts to combat breast cancer.
