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UZI LEVAMI
has been CEO of the Group since February 2009 and
an Executive Director since December 2008. He is also a Director in the
Group’s subsidiaries, Galatea, Sarin India, Sarine Color Technologies,
Sarine Polishing Technologies, Sarin Hong Kong, Sarine Holdings USA,
Sarine North America, Sarine IGT H, Sarine IGT I and Sarine IGT JKL. Mr.
Levami completed his studies towards a Master’s degree in Computer
Sciences from the Weizmann Institute of Science and holds a Bachelor’s
degree in Electrical Engineering (Cum Laude) from the Technion - Israel
Institute of Technology. He is one of the original founders of Sarine and
has a long history of founding high-tech companies (Compulite Ltd.,
Shalev Computer Systems Ltd. and EquipNet Ltd., a start-up spin-off
of Interhightech (1982) Ltd.). Prior to becoming CEO of the Group Mr.
Levami held the position of Director of Business Development at MKS
Instruments Inc., a publicly-traded US company supplying in excess
of $700M of capital equipment to the semiconductor industry, after
the most recent company he founded, EquipNet Ltd., was acquired
by MKS. In 1992, while at Shalev Computer Systems, Mr. Levami was
personally awarded the prestigious Israel Defence Award by then
President Herzog for his endeavours on a development project for the
Israel Defence Forces. From 1973 to 1980, Mr. Levami served in the
Israel Defence Forces and attained the rank of Major.
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DAVID BLOCK
has been the Group’s Deputy CEO and Chief
Operating Officer (COO) since 2012, with added responsibilities
for worldwide operations and customer care, in addition to being
responsible for overseeing the Group’s worldwide sales and market
communications, including the network of subsidiaries and distributors
/ resellers. He is also a Director in the Group’s subsidiaries, Galatea,
Sarin India, Sarine Color Technologies, Sarine Polishing Technologies,
Sarine Holdings USA, Sarine North America, Sarine IGT H, Sarine IGT
I and Sarine IGT JKL. Prior to this appointment, from June 2009, Mr.
Block was Deputy CEO and VP Sales responsible for overseeing the
Group’s worldwide sales, including the network of distributors and
subsidiaries, and market communications. Prior to that appointment,
from January 2006, Mr. Block was the CEO of Sarin India in charge of
the overall management of the operations and business in Sarin India,
responsible for over 70% of the Group’s revenues and the supervision
of over 200 employees. Before being assigned to Sarin India, Mr. Block
was the Group’s Product Manager responsible for all the products
aimed at the diamond manufacturing market. Prior to joining the
Group, Mr. Block worked at several major Israeli high technology
companies in the management of large-scale development projects,
computer programming, quality assurance and technical writing
positions. Mr. Block holds an MBA from the Kellog-Recanati School of
Business, a joint degree from Northwestern University in the USA and
Tel Aviv University, and a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from
the Tel Aviv-Jaffa Academic College in Israel.
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WILLIAM (“BILL”) KESSLER
has served as the Group’s Chief
Financial Officer since May 2009 and is also responsible for Legal
and Human Resources issues. He is also a Director in the Group’s
subsidiaries, Galatea, Sarin India, Sarine Color Technologies, Sarine
Polishing Technologies, Sarine Holdings USA, Sarine North America,
Sarine IGT H, Sarine IGT I and Sarine IGT JKL. He has over 25 years of
corporate and Wall Street experience, working with publicly-traded and
private companies in Israel and the United States. From July 2006 until
May 2009, Mr. Kessler served as the Principal Finance and Accounting
Officer (CFO) of XTL Biopharmaceuticals Ltd. (Nasdaq: XTLB; LSE:
XTL and TASE: XTL) and was previously its Director of Finance since
January 2006, having served as a financial consultant to XTL during
2005, when he spearheaded the process of listing XTL for trading
on the Nasdaq. From October 2003 until December 2005, he served
as a financial consultant to Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:
KERX), following the relocation of its headquarters to New York, after
having served as their Controller in Israel from 2001 until September
2003. From 1996-2000, Mr. Kessler served as Chief Financial Officer for
Interhightech (1982) Ltd. While on Wall Street, he worked as a research
analyst at Wertheim Schroder & Co., covering media and entertainment
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