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Tal Yeshua
Non-executive Chairman
Mr. Yeshua is the appointed Non-executive chairman since May 2008. He joined the board in February 2008, after being appointed as the chairman of Kibbutz Amiad on November 2007.
In addition, Mr. Yeshua is currently the Chairman of Asiv Textile Industries Ltd., Termokir Industries (1980) Ltd., Liam-Tnuvot Ltd. and the appointed committee of Kibbutz Horshim in Israel.
He was previously a director of Agrical Habonim Industries Ltd., Arad Technologies Ltd., S.H.R. Ltd., Mifne Ltd., Kibbutz Tel Katzir, Kibbutz Eilon, Kibbutz Hefetz Haim, Kibbutz Habonim, Kibbutz Ramot Menashe, Kibbutz Givat Oz and Kibbutz Ratamim.
Mr. Yeshua has a Certificate in Business Management from The Negev College, Israel and a Degree in Practical Computer Engineering from the Ruppin Academic Center, also in Israel.
Arik Dayan
Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Dayan is the appointed CEO since March 25, 2009. He held various senior positions at the Company since joining it in 1997 as the General Manager of FCS, Amiad's Singapore subsidiary. These positions included being appointed as International Business Development Executive in September 2003 and as VP of Sales and Marketing in March 2004. Mr. Dayan was part of the senior executive team that met with investors at the launching of the Company's IPO in December 2005. In mid 2007, he became the Deputy CEO and Senior VP of Sales and Marketing. Prior to joining Amiad, Mr. Dayan was the Managing Director of SunGard Business Integration Asia Pacific from 2000-2003, and the Director of Sales and Marketing at Epilady from 1994-1997.
Mr. Dayan holds a BA in Economics and Business Administration.
Rivka Kalmanzon
Chief Financial Officer
Ms. Rivka Kalmanzon has been appointed as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Company on July 1, 2009.
Prior to joining Amiad Ms. Kalmanzon served as CFO of several hi-tech, bio-tech and manufacturing companies in Israel and abroad, all of which have several overseas operations.
Ms. Kalmanzon has extensive experience in accounting & finance and previously held positions such as Director of Finance & Operations at Camtek Ltd (NASDAQ: CMTK); CFO and interim COO of ACS Ltd a company funded by Elron (TASE, NASDAQ: ELRN), a leading technology holding company; group CFO of Arazim Integrated technologies as well as Corporate Controller of Medgenics Inc, (AIM: MEDG, MEDU). In addition, Ms. Kalmanzon served as Senior Manager in one of the big-5 leading CPA firms in Israel.
Ms. Kalmanzon has a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting & Information Systems and Economics & Finance from Queens University, New York.
Harel Beit-On
Non-executive Director
Mr. Harel Beit-On joined the board on April 1, 2009. He is the Founder and General Partner of Viola Private Equity, a technology buyout and growth capital fund, an affiliate of the Viola Group. Mr. Beit-On is a senior executive with over 20 years of management leadership in the software industry. From 1994 to 2005, Mr. Beit-On served as the President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Tecnomatix Ltd until it was successfully acquired by UGS (today Siemens) for $228m. Mr. Beit-On is currently a Director of Red Bend Ltd., Shunra Software Ltd. and Pulsar Welding Ltd. and has served as Chairman and/or Director of several companies, including: ECtel Ltd. (NASDAQ:ECTX), Optimal Test Ltd., Tecnomatix (NASDAQ) and Clarizen Ltd. In 2006, on behalf of the Viola Group, Harel led an investment of $150 million, acquiring 80% of the shares of Lumenis, a global medical device company. Following the investment, Harel was appointed as the Chairman of Lumenis' Board of Directors. Mr. Beit-On has a BA in Economics from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and an MBA from the Massachusetts Institute Technology (MIT).
Dr. Izhar Ben-Shlomo
Non-executive Director
Dr. Ben-Shlomo has served as a Fulbright research fellow in the University of Maryland
at Baltimore and as a visiting professor of Stanford University under the Feldman
Foundation programme. Dr. Ben-Shlomo has been working as a Director of Kibbutz Amiad
since 2003 and served as a Director of the Company between 2004 - 2005 prior to its flotation on AIM.
Dr. Zeev Holender
Non-executive Director
Dr. Holender has joined the Board on April 1, 2009, bringing a wide variety of business experience and legal knowledge with him. Heading an Israeli law firm, Dr. Holender provides legal services to the controlling shareholder of Amiad, Kibbutz Amiad.
Dr. Holender is currently a director of Na'aeli Neot Agriculture Cooperative for Business Ltd., YEHR Real Estate Ltd. and Dr. Zeev Holender Law Offices. He has served as a director of Aquaria Ltd. and Aeronautics Ltd.
Dr. Holender has a S.J.D (Doctorate of Juridical Science) from Harvard Law School and LLB from the Tel Aviv University, and has served in teaching positions in top Israeli universities - schools of business & Law.
Dan Falk
Non-executive Director
Dan Falk was appointed as a non-executive director as of November 14, 2007
From 2001 to 2007, Mr. Falk was a business consultant to several public and private companies. From 1999 to 2000, Mr. Falk was Chief Operating Officer and Chief Executive Officer of Sapiens International NV, a NADAQ publicly traded company. From 1995 to 1999, Mr. Falk was an Executive Vice President of Orbotech Ltd. From 1985 to 1995, Mr. Falk was Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Orbot Systems Ltd. and of Orbotech Ltd.Mr. Falk obtained a Master of Business Administration from Hebrew University in 1972 and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Political Science from Hebrew University in 1968.
Osnat Ronen
Non-executive Director
Ms. Osnat Ronen joined the Board on April 1, 2009. Ms. Ronen is a Partner of Viola Private Equity and has significant experience in business and private equity investments. Prior to joining Viola Private Equity, she was the Deputy CEO of Leumi Partners (formerly Leumi & Co.), the investment banking arm of Leumi Group. In Leumi Partners she was responsible for Leumi Group's Private Equity investment portfolio valued at over $2 billion.
Ms. Ronen is currently a Director of AudioCodes Limited and has served as a Director of several companies, including: Paz Limited, Direct Insurance Financial Investments Limited, Direct Insurance IDI Limited, Leumi Card Limited, Fox Weisel Limited, Keshet Broadcasting Limited, Leumi Investment and Leasing Company Limited, National Consultants Limited, Archimedes Limited, and Psagot Mutual Funds and Tene Growth Capital Investment Fund where she was a member of the Investment Committee. Ms. Ronen has a BSc in Mathematics and Computer Science and an MBA in Finance, both from Tel-Aviv University.
Simon Olswang
Statutory External Director
Mr. Simon Olswang has joined the Board on April 1, 2009 as a statutory external director following a distinguished career in law and business. Mr. Olswang is currently a director of Amdocs Limited, a member of the Advisory Board of Palamon Capital Partners LLP, and has recently completed his terms of office as a member of the Boards of DIC Entertainment Inc., and The British Library.
Michael Rosenberg OBE
Statutory External Director
Mr. Rosenberg joined the Board in November 2005. Mr. Rosenberg spent the first 17 years
of his career with the merchant bank Samuel Mantagu & Co Ltd and became director of
corporate finance in 1972. In 1974 he left to join Allied Investments Ltd., a UK supplier of
hospital management services in the Middle East and developing countries. In 1988 he was
a director of Raphael Zorn Hemsley Holdings Ltd (now Numis Corporation plc) and
subsequently became chairman with specific responsibility for corporate finance.
He left in 1999 to pursue private interests and is currently on the board of a number
of listed an private companies including Pilat Media Global Plc, Catalyst Media Group Plc and Dori Media Group Ltd.
He is also director of the David Paradine Group of companies founded by Sir David Frost and was a co founder of
TV-AM the fist commercial breakfast TV channel in the UK. He is a member of the China Britain Business Council and
was chairman of the Hong Kong Advisory Committee of the DTI.
Last update: 18/05/2009
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