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{{Infobox person
| name = [[Alain Lisbona]]
| image =
| birth_date = March 1972
| birth_place = France
| nationality = French
| occupation = Banker
| known_for = Finance director at Barclays in Tel Aviv; early involvement with Betar
| spouse = [[Natalie Lisbona]] (née Cohen)
| residence = Occupied Palestine
}}
[[File:Screenshot 2026-04-20 at 06.21.39.png|thumb|right|400px|[[Alain Lisbona]], [[Betar]] thug.]]
'''[[Alain Lisbona]]''' is a French-born banker based in Israel and London. He serves as Director of Finance, Financial Reporting at [[Barclays]].<ref name="RocketReach">RocketReach, [https://rocketreach.co/alain-lisbona-email_6339690 Alain Lisbona profile] ''RocketReach'', accessed April 2026.</ref> In his youth he was a member of the right-wing Jewish youth group [[Betar]] and was convicted in a Paris court in 1998 for his part in a 1991 violent incident involving Nazi sympathisers.<ref name="JC1998">''[[The Jewish Chronicle]]'', "[[Paris court sentences young militant Jews]]", 6 March 1998.</ref>

==Early life==
Born in March 1972 in France, [[Alain Lisbona]] was active in the militant Jewish supremacist youth movement [[Betar]] as a young man. On 28 February 1991, as part of a group of around 30 Betar members who attacked those attending a meeting to commemorate writer [[Marc Augier]], who 'during the war was the editor of the French Waffen SS newspaper'. The attack involved the use of 'baseball bats and tear-gas'. Several of those attacked 'were seriously hurt, including an elderly woman who was paralysed'. The attack injured 11 people. In March 1998 a Paris court sentenced him (aged 25) and co-defendant [[David Hadjadi]] to six-month suspended jail terms and fines of £2,600 each.<ref name="JC1998" />

The report continued:

:Mr Hadjadi and Mr Lisbona told the French Jewish weekly, [[Actualité Juive]], that they had aimed ‘to provoke a public disturbance, so that the French authorities would outlaw such meetings. ‘We failed, since we appeared in court, on the wrong side of the fence,’ said Mr Lisbona. The two appealed in the article for donations to help pay their fines.

:[[Betar]] is connected to the [[Likud]] party. [[Jacques Kupfer]], president of [[Likud-France]], told the JC the court’s sentencing of Mr Hadjadi and Mr Lisbona had been ‘outrageous.’ ‘The guilt of the two youths wasn’t proven in court,’ he maintained.

:Commenting on the issues raised by the trial, Mr Kupfer declared that it was impossible to reason with anti-Semites. ‘There is only one language they clearly understand: a smack in the gob. It’s the universal language that should be used with them.’ Several months ago, three men entered the offices of a Palestinian charity and attacked its manager. When asked about this incident, Mr Kupfer declined to comment on allegations that the three may have had links to Betar. Generally, however, he said he was ‘not going to shed tears’ over an attack on a group which he alleged had links to the Hamas organisation. ‘It’s scandalous that such an office is officially allowed to open in France.’ Mr Kupfer went on to say, ‘The physical training of our organisation is not meant for attack, but for defence.’<ref name="JC1998" />

It is not known if Lisbona was one of those who invaded the office and assaulted the Palestinian charity manager.

==Career==
[[Alain Lisbona]] has spent most of his professional life in finance, primarily with [[Barclays]].
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Career timeline of [[Alain Lisbona]]
! Period !! Role !! Organisation !! Location !! Key responsibilities
|-
| Sep 1995 – Feb 1998 || Assistant Manager || [[Deloitte France]] || Greater Paris Metropolitan Region || Analysed client businesses, risks and controls; conducted acquisition due diligence; delivered internal training.<ref name="LinkedIn" />
|-
| Mar 1998 – Dec 1999 || Management Accountant || SWT (EMC) || Greater Paris Metropolitan Region || Implemented cost-monitoring processes; prepared monthly operating-margin reports; supported acquisition project.<ref name="LinkedIn" />
|-
| Jan 2000 – Sep 2004 || Manager, Audit and Risk Advisory || [[KPMG UK]] || London Area, United Kingdom || Led risk-based reviews for financial-services clients; advised on valuation methods and performance models; presented reports to group management.<ref name="LinkedIn" />
|-
| Sep 2004 – Dec 2006 || Managing Director || IMPERIAL MGL LTD || Greater Derby Area || Launched and grew new business venture to £1m turnover; expanded workforce from 3 to 12; opened production unit generating 60% of sales.<ref name="LinkedIn" />
|-
| Dec 2006 – Jul 2011 || Director, Finance, Governance || [[Barclays]] || London Area, United Kingdom || Oversaw internal process governance and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance; escalated control gaps to Board Audit Committee; provided regulatory guidance.<ref name="LinkedIn" />
|-
| Aug 2011 – present || Director, Finance, Financial Reporting || [[Barclays]] || London / Tel-Aviv || Responsible for external financial disclosures and regulatory capital data; produces >120 external reports annually; key contact for regulators and Board Audit Committee; leads team of up to 20.<ref name="LinkedIn" />
|}

<ref name="RocketReach" /><ref name="LinkedIn">[[LinkedIn]], [https://www.linkedin.com/in/alain-lisbona-3b5ab220/ Alain Lisbona profile] ''[[LinkedIn]]'', accessed April 2026.</ref>

==Company appointments==
[[Alain Lisbona]] has held the following appointments at [[Companies House]]:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Appointments at [[Companies House]]
! Company !! Role !! Appointed !! Resigned !! Company number
|-
| [[Imperial Stonemasons Limited]] || Director || 19 August 2005 || 31 January 2006 || 05541567
|-
| [[Imperial Stonemasons Limited]] || Secretary || 19 August 2005 || 31 August 2006 || 05541567
|}
<ref name="CHOfficers">[[Companies House]], [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05541567/officers Imperial Stonemasons Limited officers] ''[[Companies House]]'', accessed April 2026.</ref>
==Business relationships with the Cohen/Hunter extended family==
[[Alain Lisbona]] is married to journalist [[Natalie Lisbona]] (née Cohen), daughter of [[Kim S. Cohen]] (nee Hunter) and granddaughter of [[Kenneth Hunter]].<ref name="UserData">https://www.funeralguide.co.uk/obituaries/114447</ref>
In 2005–2006 he served as both director and secretary of [[Imperial Stonemasons Limited]] alongside members of his wife’s extended family: [[David Cohen]] (director 2007–2009) and [[Kevin Hunter]] (director 2005–2006). These appointments demonstrate direct business collaboration within the Cohen/Hunter family network.<ref name="CHOfficers" />

==See also==

[[Natalie Lisbona]]
[[Betar (youth movement)]]
[[Barclays]]

==Notes==
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[[Category:Betar activists|Lisbona, Alain]]

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 ==Business relationships with the Cohen/Hunter extended family==
 [[Alain Lisbona]] is married to journalist [[Natalie Lisbona]] (née Cohen), daughter of [[Kim S. Cohen]] (nee Hunter) and granddaughter of [[Kenneth Hunter]].<ref name="UserData">https://www.funeralguide.co.uk/obituaries/114447</ref>
-In 2005–2006 he served as both director and secretary of [[Imperial Stonemasons Limited]] alongside members of his wife’s extended family: [[David Cohen]] (director 2007–2009) and [[Kevin Hunter]] (director 2005–2006).  Other directors at the company included [[Hillel Schwartzz]] and [[Nitzan Sterenfeld]].
+In 2005–2006 he served as both director and secretary of [[Imperial Stonemasons Limited]] alongside members of his wife’s extended family: [[David Cohen]] (director 2007–2009) and [[Kevin Hunter]] (director 2005–2006).  Other directors at the company included [[Hillel Schwartz]] and [[Nitzan Sterenfeld]].
 Lisbona was also a director of [[Imperial MGL Ltd]] along with extended family members including [[David Cohen]] (born Aug 1951, appointed, 01 Nov 2004), [[Michael Cohen]] (born Apr 1983, appointed 31 Aug 2006) and [[Kevin Hunter]].<ref>https://companycheck.co.uk/company/05216724/IMPERIAL-MGL-LIMITED/companies-house-data</ref> These appointments demonstrate direct business collaboration within the Cohen/Hunter family network.<ref name="CHOfficers" />

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 [[Alain Lisbona]] is married to journalist [[Natalie Lisbona]] (née Cohen), daughter of [[Kim S. Cohen]] (nee Hunter) and granddaughter of [[Kenneth Hunter]].<ref name="UserData">https://www.funeralguide.co.uk/obituaries/114447</ref>
 In 2005–2006 he served as both director and secretary of [[Imperial Stonemasons Limited]] alongside members of his wife’s extended family: [[David Cohen]] (director 2007–2009) and [[Kevin Hunter]] (director 2005–2006). These appointments demonstrate direct business collaboration within the Cohen/Hunter family network.<ref name="CHOfficers" />
 ==See also==

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 {{Infobox person
 | name                = [[Alain Lisbona]]
-| image =
+| image = [[File:Alain Lisbona.jpeg|250px]]
 | birth_date          = March 1972
 | birth_place         = France
 | nationality         = French
 | occupation          = Banker
-| known_for           = Finance director at Barclays in Tel Aviv; early involvement with Betar
+| known_for           = Finance director at [[Barclays]] in Tel Aviv; early involvement with [[Betar]]
 | spouse              = [[Natalie Lisbona]] (née Cohen)
 | residence           = Occupied Palestine

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 | Jan 2000 – Sep 2004 || Manager, Audit and Risk Advisory || [[KPMG UK]] || London Area, United Kingdom || Led risk-based reviews for financial-services clients; advised on valuation methods and performance models; presented reports to group management.<ref name="LinkedIn" />
 |-
-| Sep 2004 – Dec 2006 || Managing Director || IMPERIAL MGL LTD || Greater Derby Area || Launched and grew new business venture to £1m turnover; expanded workforce from 3 to 12; opened production unit generating 60% of sales.<ref name="LinkedIn" />
+| Sep 2004 – Dec 2006 || Managing Director || [[Imperial MGL Ltd]] || Greater Derby Area || Launched and grew new business venture to £1m turnover; expanded workforce from 3 to 12; opened production unit generating 60% of sales.<ref name="LinkedIn" />
 |-
 | Dec 2006 – Jul 2011 || Director, Finance, Governance || [[Barclays]] || London Area, United Kingdom || Oversaw internal process governance and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance; escalated control gaps to Board Audit Committee; provided regulatory guidance.<ref name="LinkedIn" />