Moshe Ronen is a Toronto-based lawyer, international business and strategic advisor, advocate and prominent community leader and member of the Executive of the World Jewish Congress, a member of the Budget & Finance Commission, and Chair of the Resolutions Committee.
In Canada, Mr. Ronen currently chairs, MASPIK! a major new, nationwide & cross organizational coalition to Combat Antisemitism,
Mr. Ronen was educated in Toronto and obtained a degree in political science and economics from York University, and a law degree from the University of Windsor.
Mr. Ronen is a director & current chairman of Norstar Inc., a publicly listed real estate holding company on the Israel Stock Exchange. Previously, Moshe served as a director or First Capital Realty, a major publicly listed developer, owner, manager of mixed-use real estate in Canada’s major cities, and chaired its Compensation &Governance Committee.
Mr. Ronen has also been special advisor to Canadian businessman and philanthropist Gerry Schwarz (ONEX), and as Strategic and Policy Advisor to Grand Challenges Canada, a Canadian Government sponsored Not for Profit, operating under the auspices of the University Health Network and is focused on funding health related innovations in Canada and developing countries.
Mr. Ronen is an engaging public speaker, advocate and media commentator on politics and public affairs. In 1996 Moshe was recognized by the Jewish National Fund with its prestigious Jerusalem of Gold Award for outstanding communal service. Two years later, the Government of Ontario recognized Moshe with a Volunteer Service Award, presented to that province’s most outstanding community leaders. In 2012, Moshe was awarded the Queen’s Jubilee Medal by Canada’s Governor General.
Mr. Ronen has worked closely with many senior political leaders and heads of governments, and has also collaborated directly with former Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar, in the latter’s ‘Friends of Israel Initiative’ and was a member of that initiative’s prestigious ‘London Forum’.