Joel Baris

Joel Baris

Vice President of Corporate and Public Policy

Start-Up Nation Central(Israel)

Mr. Baris was part of the team of the Legal Department of the Ministry of Finance from 1993 to 2008. In this capacity, he took part in various projects and reforms for the Markets and Insurance Division of the Ministry, and lead the legislation of the Bachar Reform of 2005. From 2008 to 2016 Mr. Baris served as the Chief Legal Advisor to the Ministry. In this capacity, he lead the legal aspects of the government’s programs to deal with the global financial crisis. In these years, he was responsible for the legal advice to the ministry, including the legislation of the Bank of Israel Law of 2010. From 2015 to the present, Mr. Baris is the head of the Committee for the Implementation of Regulation of Non-Institutional Financial Services (“the Baris Committee”), that formulated the proposal that was then legislated by the Knesset, regarding non-institutional lenders, financial services providers (money exchanges), and credit unions. This committee also formulated the pending legislation regarding non-interest non-profit credit and deposit institutes (known as “G’Machim”). At present, the committee is in the process of hearing public comments to draft legislation regarding Peer-to-Peer (“P2P”) loan platforms. From March 2016 Mr. Baris is the Legal Advisor and VP Public Policy in Start-Up Nation Central, an Israeli non-for-profit dedicated to making Israel a works center of innovation and technology, recognized as such.

Presentations by Joel Baris:

  • Panel
    The Blockchain Summit Conference, Thursday, March 23, 2017, 10:05

    Moderator: Dr. Yoav Intrator

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