Harel Beit-on

Biography

Harel Beit-On has served as Chairman of our board of directors since December 2006, and is a general partner of Viola Private Equity, an Israeli private equity fund, since 2008. Since November 2006, Mr. Beit-On has been a member of the board of directors of LM (GP) Company Ltd., an Israeli company, the general partner of LM (GP) L.P., an Israeli partnership and the managing general partner of Viola-LM Partners L.P., an Israel partnership. Mr. Beit-On served as a director (1999-2005) and the chairman of the board of directors (2001-2005) of Tecnomatix Technologies Ltd. and as Chairman of ECtel Ltd. (2004 - 2006). Mr. Beit-On serves as a member of the boards of directors of a number of companies, including Amiad Water Systems Ltd., Orad Hi-Tec Systems Ltd., Matomy Media Group Ltd., Zend Technologies Ltd., RRsat Global Communications Ltd. and Aeronautics Ltd. He is the chairman of the board of directors of B. Gaon Holdings Ltd. Mr. Beit-On holds a B.A. degree in economics from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and an MBA degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Research Interest

pharmaceutical industry