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Ariel Tavor, Director at Lions Financial

Ariel Tavor

Director

Ariel Tavor is the Founder and Principal Managing Director of Lions Financial. His agenda for Lions Financial is to provide his clients a service that maintains the highest professional value. Specializing in the Business-to-Business market has allowed proficient expertise in providing ongoing consulting services in the focus areas of business advisory, capital markets, and risk management. Ariel works with CEO’s, Capital Investment funds, and Boards of Directors where he advises his clients in matters of Executive compensation, Business Plan Design, Mergers & Acquisitions, Due Diligence, and Asset Financing.

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SPECIALTIES

  • Risk Management
  • Buy-Sell Agreements
  • Real Estate Financing
  • Business Insurance
  • Succession Planning
  • Executive Compensation

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THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

Insights and articles authored by Ariel Tavor on executive retirement planning, risk management, leadership continuity and executive benefits.

Executive leadership strategy concept with chess pieces, hourglass and financial charts representing retirement planning and business continuity.

PUBLISHED IN MANAGE HR

Executive Retirement Planning as a Strategic Retention Tool: What HR Leaders Need to Know

A strategic perspective on how executive retirement planning can support retention, succession planning and leadership continuity.
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Risk management concept for CEOs and HR leaders with business strategy and decision-making

PUBLISHED IN MANAGE HR

A Comprehensive Approach to Risk Management for CEOs and HR Leaders

A strategic perspective on how CEOs and HR leaders can identify, assess and manage organizational risks while protecting long-term business stability.
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Path toward the horizon symbolizing CEO retirement, succession planning and leadership transition.

PUBLISHED IN MANAGE HR

The CEO’s Retirement Dilemma: Planning the Exit Before It Becomes a Crisis

A perspective on why proactive retirement and succession planning is essential for business continuity, leadership transition and long-term organizational stability.
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IN THE PRESS

A selection of media features, industry recognition, and publications highlighting Ariel Tavor’s expertise and leadership in financial services.

COVER STORY · THE EXECUTIVE LENS

Bridging Legacy and Leadership

Ariel Tavor shares his perspective on leadership, financial structure, risk management and building modern business strategy.

The feature also explores disciplined decision-making, investment strategy and the systems behind long-term business growth.

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FEATURED COVERAGE · THE ENTERPRISE WORLD

Ariel Tavor: Embracing Digital Transformation and Strategic Innovation

A profile of Ariel Tavor exploring innovation, risk management, digital transformation and the future of financial services at Lions Financial.

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Executive office scene for The Enterprise World feature on Ariel Tavor, digital transformation, innovation and financial strategy.

FEATURED COVERAGE

Lions Financial: Get Risk Management Solutions from the Business Finance Specialist

Entrepreneur Insights profiles Lions Financial and Ariel Tavor, highlighting the firm’s approach to risk management, business strategy and the four-step SIRE process.

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The Silicon Review 50 Smartest Companies of the Year 2020

The Silicon Review

Company Recognition

2020

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Exeleon media feature

Leadership & Business Feature

Media Feature

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Top 100 People in Finance 2019 magazine cover

Industry Recognition

2019

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Leadership Recognition

2019

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IN CONVERSATION

CIO Today podcast featuring Ariel Tavor on leadership, strategy and long-term business value

PODCAST · CIO TODAY

Ariel Tavor on Leadership, Financial Strategy and Building Lions Financial

A conversation on leadership, business strategy, the SIRE process and building long-term value for businesses.

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Ariel Tavor discusses leadership, business strategy, and the challenges of building and growing a successful financial services firm.

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LIons Financial

Ariel Tavor

Principal

Ariel Tavor is the Founder and Principal Managing Director of Lions Financial. His agenda for Lions Financial is to provide his clients a service that maintains the highest professional value. Specializing in the Business-to-Business market has allowed proficient expertise in providing ongoing consulting services in the focus areas of business advisory, capital markets, and risk management. Ariel works with CEO’s, Capital Investment funds, and Boards of Directors where he advises his clients in matters of Executive compensation, Business Plan Design, Mergers & Acquisitions, Due Diligence, and Asset Financing.

Ariel has 10 years of experience in the financial services industry. He has worked in insurance and investment companies to analyze client’s financial and make suggestions on allocations based on defined objectives as well as maintaining long term relationships. Ariel’s comprehensive experience has allowed him to work closely with CEOs of companies and their executive teams from diverse industries such as trucking, hospitality, commercial real estate, Insurance, manufacturing, and technology. He has helped lead companies through the challenging decisions around – Buy-Sell Agreements, Deferred Compensation, Employee Group Benefits, Succession Planning, Mergers and Acquisitions, Valuations, and Business Sales.

Ariel currently oversees their family office investment group and sits on the Board of Directors of several companies and real estate developments. Their Investment group controls a portfolio of companies in multiple industries. They collaboratively have holdings in companies specialized in – Automotive Distribution- Real Estate Asset Management- Corporate Travel- Ink Mailing Manufacturing, E-Commerce, Financial Services, Management Consulting, Enterprise Technology, and Food Concepts. In recent years there has been a transition into fund allocation towards limited partnership investments in Venture Capital, Private Equity, and REITS within individual underwriting opportunities.

The Silicon Review

50 Smartest Companies of the Year

An effective risk management consultant will help individuals and organizations evaluate their risks and develop a plan to counter their losses. Risk management is a complex process, and there is no one-size-fits-all process that all consultants can use. However, there are certain conventional methods that a consultant will use to help you protect your organization from risk. A risk management consultant should be capable of identifying the unique risk that your business is exposed to and carefully evaluating the scenarios. One of the most critical steps in the risk management step is to discover and list all the expected and unexpected risks. There are various advisory firms that can help you mitigate risk and take care of your business’s financial aspect, but one firm that stands out from the rest is Lions Financial. The company is an independent financial services & business advisory firm based in New York. In conversation with Ariel Tavor, Managing Director of Lions Financial. Lions Assurance Financial is a highly successful, independent business consulting and wealth management advisory firm that focuses on three key areas of the financial industry: business advisory, capital markets, and risk management. The experienced team at Lions Assurance Financial focuses on serving the business and wealth management needs of privately owned business generating 3-50 million in revenue including independent business owners, family-owned businesses and business partners. Lions Assurance Financial works with capital providers including investment banks, private equity firms, venture capital firms, capital advisory firms, accredited investor platforms, commercial banks, and specialty finance firms.

Exeleon

Leadership & Business Feature

What is the fundamental difference between a buoyant company and a not-so-good one, when all the factors are the same?
The reply is simple- expeditious actions. It is the outcome of the ability to form an idea about the situation, find a perfect response,
and then act accordingly. And all that, without an iota of hesitation. Companies that belong to the second group are known to lack this decisiveness, which sprouts from an absence of clarity in vision or rather the faculty of processing the steps mentioned above.​

TOP 100 PEOPLE IN FINANCE

Industry Recognition

Lions Assurance Financial is a highly successful, independent business consulting and wealth management advisory firm that focuses on three key areas of the financial industry: business advisory, capital markets, and risk management. The experienced team at Lions Assurance Financial focuses on serving the business and wealth management needs of privately owned business generating 3-50 million in revenue including independent business owners, family owned businesses, and business partners. Lions Assurance Financial works with capital providers including investment banks, private equity firms, venture capital firms, capital advisory firms, accredited investor platforms, commercial banks, and speciality finance firms.​

TOP 40 UNDER 40

Leadership Recognition

Ariel Tavor is the founder and principal managing director of Lions Assurance Financial. His agenda for Lions Assurance Financial is to provide his clients a service that maintains the highest professional value. Specializing in the business-to-business market has allowed proficient expertise in providing ongoing consulting services in the focus areas of business advisory, capital markets, and risk management.