Chen Yurista
Chief Experience Officer, Claims Conference
Chen Yurista is Chief Experience Officer at the Claims Conference. An attorney, licensed to practice in Israel and in the US, Chen previously served as the Executive Director of the Israeli office of the Claims Conference, worked on the Swiss Banks settlement, and was the CEO of the Foundation for the Benefit of Holocaust Victims in Israel. He graduated with honors from the faculty of Law and the faculty of Economics at Tel Aviv University and holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. In his current position Chen continually evaluates practices, methods and strategies to improve the Claims Conference’s interactions with survivors in over 45 countries. Chen is a third generation to Holocaust survivors from Poland and from Germany.