Itamar Borowitz

Biography

 Itamar Borowitz has served as a director since May 2009. In the past, he served as the chief executive officer of Israel’s third largest insurance company, Phoenix Insurance Company Ltd., from 1992 to 2001. This position marked the culmination of his 27 year career within the Phoenix Group, during which he held a variety of senior management positions. Since 2009, Dr. Borowitz has served as the chief executive officer of BIT Enterprises Ltd., an advisor to Generali Financial Holdings – Sub-Fund 2, a Specialised Investment Fund governed by the Luxembourg law of 13 February 2007, which invests, inter-alia, in Israeli hi-tech companies and is a principal shareholder of our company. From 2005 to 2008, Dr. Borowitz served as an advisor to the Post of Israel. Since 2001, Dr. Borowitz serves as a member of the advisory board and a representative to Israel of GLL Real Estate Partners GmBH. Previously, Dr. Borowitz served as the chief executive officer of Dolev Insurance Co. Ltd., as the chairman of the board of directors of Surdam, Lloyd’s agent in Israel, as the chairman of Israel Insurance Association, the chairman of Academic College of Insurance and a director of Mehadrin Ltd., the largest citrus company in Israel. Dr. Borowitz serves as the Chairman of the Board of Inbal Pinto and Avshalom Polak Dance Company. Dr. Borowitz has been serving as a member of the board of governors of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and of Tel Aviv University for over 20 years, and serves as the chairman of Yissum, the technology transfer company of the Hebrew University. Dr. Borowitz’s academic background includes a PhD in High Energy Physics, an MBA and B.A. in General History from Tel Aviv University, Israel, and a B.Sc. in Mathematics and Physics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. 

Research Interest

 Financial Holdings