Dr. Manfred Gerstenfeld is an internationally renowned environmental expert
and business consultant and has extensive background in Jewish public affairs.
He was born in Vienna, grew up in Amsterdam and moved to Israel with his family in 1968 from Paris. He is a chemist and economist by training, holds a Ph.D. in environmental studies and has a teacher training degree in Judaism from the Dutch Jewish Seminary.
In the past thirty-five years he has been an international consultant specializing in business strategy. He has worked in twenty countries and his clients have included the boards of several of the world’s largest multinational companies as well as governments. Dr Gerstenfeld was a Board Member of the Israel Corporation, one of Israel’s largest investment companies, and several other Israeli public companies.
He is chairman of the Steering Committee of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs (JCPA), is Co-Chair of the Judaism Task Force of the Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature, Co-Publisher of the Jerusalem Letter/Viewpoints and Co-Publisher of Jewish Environmental Perspectives.
Dr. Manfred Gerstenfeld is a leading expert on Judaism and the environment. He lectures and publishes extensively on the subject, internationally and in Israel.
Contact: manfredg@netvision.net.il