Israel is a risk management and risk advisory expert with over a decade of experience in the industry. Over the course of his career, he has conducted investigations and led engagements including due diligence, asset tracing, litigation/arbitration support investigations, white collar criminal defense investigations, proxy battle investigations, internal investigations, geopolitical risk, and strategic intelligence across the world.

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He began his career conducting national security background investigations on behalf of the US government. He later joined an global corporate investigations and risk advisory firm where he managed international engagements--including, M&A and pre-acquisition due diligence, strategic and competitive intelligence, white collar criminal defense, and anti-corruption investigations--for Fortune 500 companies, financial institutions,  and international law firms. Israel later founded ARC with an initial focus on consulting in Latin America & the Caribbean successfully managing countless complex engagements across every country in the region. After nearly a decade in consulting, he joined a global pharmaceutical firm active in 60 markets where he led design and implementation of risk management initiatives for the global procurement function. He now leads ARC with a renewed focus on Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa.

 
Israel holds a B.A. in Political Science and Philosophy from Florida International University, an MSc in Forensic Accounting from the University of Portsmouth (UK), and an MBA in Risk Management from Catholic University of Murcia (Spain). He is fluent in English, Spanish, Portuguese, and Hebrew.