Moshe Ronen, Moish, is a Toronto-based lawyer, international business and strategic advisor, advocate, and prominent community leader. By age 20, Moshe was a well-known human rights activist, and subsequently, the youngest elected president the Canadian Jewish Congress and Vice President of the World Jewish Congress. Moshe later served as chair of the Canada-Israel Committee and has worked closely with several of Canada’s Prime Ministers and Premiers on human right issues, diplomatic initiatives, and protection of minorities. Mr. Ronen also collaborated directly with former Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar, in the latter’s ‘Friends of Israel Initiative’ and was a participant of that initiative’s prestigious ‘London Forum.’
Moshe holds a degree in political science and economics from York University, and a law degree from the University of Windsor, completing his studies in Law at Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto.
Moshe is a director & current chairman of Norstar Inc., a publicly listed real estate holding company in Israel with assets worldwide. Previously, Moshe served as a director of 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.
Moshe Chairs the ‘Build Your Smile Dental Foundation’, which provides free dental care and training for dentists in underprivileged countries including Uganda, Africa as well as services for women’s shelters and holocaust survivors in Canada.
Moshe was recently appointed by the Government of Ontario to the Trillium Foundation.
He also chairs MASPIK! - a unique, nationwide, cross organizational coalition to combat the new rise of Antisemitism.
Mr. Ronen has served as Senior Consultant & Counsel to the Green family in Toronto, owners of Greenwin Property Management and Verdiroc Developments Holdings and other major business and philanthropic leaders including Canadian businessman and philanthropist Gerry Schwarz (ONEX). He has also served as strategic and policy advisor to the late Joseph Rotman, and Dr. Peter Singer in Grand Challenges Canada, a Canadian Government sponsored not for profit, operating under the auspices of the University Health Network which encourages, and funds select innovators in Canada and developing countries.
Mr. Ronen is an engaging and charismatic public speaker, debater and media commentator on Middle East issues and public affairs. In 1996 Moshe was recognized by the Jewish National Fund with its prestigious Jerusalem of Gold Award for outstanding communal service. He was recognized by the Government of Ontario with a Volunteer Service Award in 1998, presented to that province’s most outstanding community leaders, and in 2012, was awarded the Queen’s Jubilee Medal by Canada’s Governor General on behalf of the Canadian Government.