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Leumi Projects and Infrastructure Finance Chief Lior Manzer Steps Down from Hapoalim
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First reported by Calcalist · Jun 21, 2026
What happened
Lior Manzer is leaving Bank Hapoalim after 30 years, ending a 13-year run leading the bank’s projects finance and national infrastructure unit. He will remain an infrastructure consultant, with Shachaf Gilad taking over, as Hapoalim continues a broader wave of senior departures amid an efficiency plan.
- 01Lior Manzer is leaving Bank Hapoalim after 30 years at the bank.
- 02He led projects finance and national infrastructure for 13 years.
- 03Shachaf Gilad will replace him, and Manzer will stay on as a consultant.
- 04The exit follows a recent series of senior departures from Hapoalim.
- 05The bank is cutting 770 jobs under a late-2024 efficiency plan.
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