Board of Directors

Yehoshua Agassi
Chairman of the Board of Directors

Mr. Agassi has served as CEO & President of Scitex Corporation Ltd from 2001 until 2003 , In parallel Mr. Agassi has served as Executive Vice President of Clal Industries and Investments Ltd. one of Israels largest investment and holding companies in Israel. During 2000, Mr. Agassi served as General Manager of Leumicard Ltd., one of Israels leading credit card services owned by Bank Leumi. From 1993 until 1998, Mr. Agassi served as the General Manager of Israeli Direct Insurance Company (IDI), a direct insurer located in Tel Aviv, which he co-founded in 1993. Mr. Agassi has earned an MBA in Marketing from Bar Ilan University, as well as a B.A. in Economics from Tel Aviv University. Currently Mr. Agassi is the chairman of the board of two privately owned companies.

Nurit Nahum

Nurit Nahum joined AVT's Board of Directors in 2008. Ms Nahum is currently the CEO of Ronin Investment Managing Company Ltd, a privately owned investment company. Prior to joining Ronin, she was the Chairman of the Board of Plastnir Flexible Plastic Packaging; a board member of Israel Cold Storage & Supply Company and a board member of Elran Holdings Ltd. Previous to that, Nurit Nahum was Vice President of Economic and Business Development at Packer Plada Ltd, and held several positions at Price Waterhouse Coopers, Israel, also serving as the CEO of the business consulting unit. Ms Nahum holds an MBA degree in Finance and International Marketing from the Tel-Aviv University.

Shlomo Amir
CEO

Mr. Amir joined AVT in 1997. Before joining AVT, Mr. Amir served for two years as vice president of marketing and sales at Nice Systems Ltd., an Israel-based international high-tech company in the area of digital voice logging. Previously, Mr. Amir worked for 12 years at Scitex Corporation, an Israeli high-tech company serving the pre-press industry. In his last nine years with Scitex he was based in its European subsidiary in Brussels, serving in various marketing, sales and management positions. Mr. Amir holds the degrees of B.Sc. in Mathematics and Computer Science from Tel Aviv University, Israel, and an MBA from Boston University, Massachusetts, United States.

Ytzhak Edelman

Mr. Edelman joined AVT Board of Directors  as of December 2010. Mr. Edelman currently serves as a Director in both Boards of Directors of Bezeq, The Israel Telecommunication Corp., Limited  and Leumi Partners Underwriters Ltd. Prior to that, Mr. Edelman served as a Chief Financial Officer and Vice President at
Ness Technologies, Inc., and as Chief Financial Officer at Cellcom Israel Ltd. Mr. Edelman holds a BA in Finance and Economics from Tel-Aviv University, and is a graduate of the General Manager Program at Harvard Business School.

Arie Weisberg

Mr. Weisberg joined AVT Board of Directors  as of December 2010. Mr. Weisberg currently serves as a Director in the Board of Directors at Orbotech Ltd., and as an independent advisor.
Prior to that, Mr. Weisberg held several executive positions, most recently as the President and Chief Operating Officer of Orbotech, and as the Chairman of the Board at Orbograph and Frontline.  Mr. Weisberg holds a BSc. in Agriculture Economics from the Hebrew University, Jerusalem.

Ofer Neeman

Ofer Neeman was born and raised in Kibbutz Yechiam in the Western Galilee, Israel. He joined Evergreen in 1996 as CEO and President of Evergreen, a leading private equity firm in Israel. In 1998 became c-owner together with founder Jacob Burak. In 2005 management of Evergreen was handed over to the younger generation of managers and partners. Ofer is Chairman of Beterem (Safe Kids Israel) as well as a member of the Advisory Board of The School of Government of Tel Aviv University. Ofer holds a BA in Accounting and Economics from Tel Aviv University and is a graduate of the Harvard Business School executive program.