Roger Cukierman

Roger Cukierman
Roger Cukierman
	Roger Cukierman in 2014
President of the CRIF
	In office; 2013–2016
Preceded by	Richard Prasquier
Succeeded by	Francis Kalifat
Personal details
Born	23 August 1936 (age 88); 19th arrondissement of Paris, France
Spouse	Shoshana Cukierman
Children	4, including (Edouard Cukierman)
Parent	Max & Marie Cukierman
Relatives	Henri Cukierman (brother)
Alma mater	ESCP Business School
Profession	Banker

Roger Cukierman (born 23 August 1936) is a French banker, businessman and Jewish philanthropist. He served as the President of the Conseil Représentatif des Institutions juives de France (CRIF) and is Vice President of the World Jewish Congress.

Biography

Early life

Roger Cukierman was born in 1936.^[1] He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Law and a PhD in Economics from ESCP Europe, a business school in Paris.^[1]^[2]

Business career

From 1963 to January 1999, he worked at the Edmond de Rothschild Group.^[1] He served as its chief executive officer in France from 1993 to 1999.^[1]^[2] He also served as the CEO of Israel General Bank and Israel 2000 Mutual Fund.^[1]^[2] He has served on the boards of directors of Club Med (Euronext: CU), Bolloré, PEC New York, Château Margaux, Publicis, etc.^[1]^[2] He served as the director of the Association of French Bankers, the defunct Banque Vernes, Credit Suisse Asset Management France, and the Banque privée Edmond de Rothschild (SIX: RLD).^[1]^[2]

He serves on the board of directors of Cukierman & Co., an investment bank founded by his son, Edouard Cukierman.^[3]

He has written two books.^[1]^[2]

Jewish philanthropy

He served as President of the CRIF from 2001 to 2007.^[4] He was re-elected in May 2013.^[5]^[6]^[7] However, his reelection was criticized by some, who opined he was too old to represent French jewry properly.^[8] He has expressed his concern about Qatar's economic ties to France in light of its relationship with the Muslim Brotherhood.^[7] He has also said he fears Marine Le Pen, President of the National Front, might win the French presidential election in 2017, as she would seek to "stifle minority views".^[9] However, in an interview in February 2015 he claimed that Le Pen "cannot be faulted personally" for anti-Semitism, prompting criticism from Nazi hunter Serge Klarsfeld.^[10]