The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands
Michael Bar serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer for BIG Shopping Centers, USA, and as CEO of BIG Europe. He currently lives in Den Hague, Netherlands, after spending 6 years in Arizona, USA. Before relocating to the US, Mr. Bar served as the first Vice President of Overseas Business Development for the BIG Group, publicly traded in the Tel Aviv stock exchange with a market cap exceeding $4 Billion. Prior to joining BIG in 2008, Mr. Bar practiced law at Fisher (FBC), in Israel. Michael Bar is an HBS Alumni (AMP 201) and holds a European Master’s in Law and Economics, LL.M. (EMLE program, Universities of Rotterdam, Bologna and Aix-en-Provence), as well as an MBA (Finance and Marketing), a Law degree (LLB) and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Tel Aviv University.