Israel’s ambassador to the UK, Tzipi Hotovely, and her deputy, Oren Marmorstein, have led tributes to the businessman and philanthropist Marc Value, who died immediately final Friday whereas taking part in tennis.
Nottingham-born Mr Value, 61, chaired UK Israel Enterprise, the successor organisation to the British-Israel Chamber of Commerce, and initiated the vastly profitable initiatives in 2017 and 2019, Tel Aviv in London and London in Tel Aviv.
Israel’s ambassador to the UK, Tzipi Hotovely, labored carefully with Marc Value. She stated: “I’m deeply saddened by the passing of Marc Value. Marc was a beneficiant philanthropist, who often gave his time and knowledge to strengthen the connection between our two democracies. The state of Israel is extraordinarily grateful for his years as chair of UK Israel Enterprise, and naturally his Tel Aviv in London initiative, that may lengthy be remembered. Marc was a real and shut good friend of the embassy, the place his management will likely be a lot missed”.
The deputy ambassador, Oren Marmorstein, stated he was “deeply saddened” by Mr Value’s dying. Describing him as “one in all a form in his help of Israel”, the diplomat stated the nation had misplaced one in all its biggest associates within the UK, whereas he himself had misplaced a private good friend”.
Mr Value, a number one member of BBYO in his youth, left college aged 16 and commenced his enterprise life along with his brother, Julian, within the household firm, HeatSeal Textiles. The siblings have been stated to have been early adopters of the web and will see its potential from the mid-90s.
Marc Value and his brother launched a vogue pattern prediction enterprise, World World Model Community, in 1997. The renamed WGSN was offered for £140 million in 2005. Marc Value then started a design tendencies consultancy, Stylus.com, which additionally discovered worldwide success.
Across the identical time as he offered WGSN, Marc Value turned concerned in group philanthropy. A passionate Zionist with a second residence in Herzliya, he was a member of the board of governors of Shenkar School, thought to be Israel’s high design college.
He turned chair of UK Israel Enterprise, and associates converse of him having “galvanised” the organisation and pushed it to be vastly efficient.
Danny Kessler, his successor as chair of UK Israel Enterprise, stated: “It’s with nice disappointment that we at UKIB learnt of Marc Value’s sudden passing. Marc was one in all life’s doers, and as my predecessor he was an inspirational chair of UKIB (2011–2015), who continued to do an immense quantity to encourage entrepreneurs and commerce between the UK and Israel.
“Marc spearheaded the Innovate Israel occasions which reworked UKIB’s bilateral function, and most just lately we have been working carefully collectively on a collection of initiatives to mark Israel’s seventy fifth anniversary, to develop additional the particular relationship between the UK and Israel.
“He leaves a legacy of which we’re all very proud, and his indomitable spirit as each a enterprise and group chief will likely be sorely missed”.
The 2 massive occasions for which he turned best-known have been his Tel Aviv in London and London in Tel Aviv initiatives, identified by the worldwide airport codes of TLV and LDN. They have been festivals of music, meals, the humanities and enterprise, and took Tel Aviv to the streets of London in a approach not beforehand skilled.
Tali Tzemach, a producer and shut collaborator, stated: “It’s with heavy hearts that we at Tzemach Productions mourn the lack of our pricey good friend and philanthropist Marc Value. Marc was a visionary, who introduced his relentless drive, creativity and keenness to all of the initiatives he labored on with us —from TLV in LDN in 2017, to LDN in TLV in 2019, and Venture 75, which he was main till at the moment”.
She stated that Mr Value had “touched the hearts of so many throughout the Jewish and Israeli group, by means of his love of Israel and want to highlight peace, co-existence, tradition and shared values amongst all these he crossed paths with. He will likely be deeply missed by all of us”.
Mr Value, a member of Hampstead Synagogue, was married twice; first to Hilda Value, chair of the Conservative Mates of Israel and vice-chair of World Jewish Reduction. She is a former co-chair of Jewish Girls’s Support. She and her former husband had 4 kids, Patti, Max, Henry and Louis, and three grandchildren.
Mr Value can be survived by his second spouse, Kelly, and his three stepchildren, Annabelle, Max and Sophie, collectively along with his brother Julian and sister Erica.
