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service centre activities. Prior to founding Galatea, he accumulated 12
years of experience in high-tech industries at various positions, from
design engineer to management. Between 2001 and 2003 Mr. Ziskind
served as the General Manager of Atomic Hydrogen Technologies Ltd.,
a company which develops equipment for the semiconductor industry.
Prior to that, from 1997 through 2001, Mr. Ziskind worked for Eureka,
a company that did subcontracting of mechanical design services. At
Eureka he held a plurality of positions, from Design Engineer to Project
Manager. Mr. Ziskind is a graduate of the Mechanical Engineering
program from Zur Teffen, an academic institute founded by the world-
renowned industrialist, Mr. Stef Wertheimer, and holds a Bachelor’s
degree in Chemistry and Management from the Open University of
Israel.
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RAJESH RASIKLAL KOTHARI
has been the General Manager
of Sarin India since 2013. He is in charge of the overall management
of the operations and business in India, with emphasis on the launch
of polished diamond products and services, continued aggressive
promotion of the Galaxy
TM
and Solaris
TM
family of inclusion mapping
products and services to an even broader range of players in the
manufacturing industry, alongwith, and leveraged on, the consolidation
of the Group’s planning products’ dominant position. Mr. Kothari has
over 25 years of experience working in the diamond industry. Prior to
joining Sarin, Mr. Kothari was Head of Global Manufacturing (diamond
division) for Shrenuj & Co. Ltd. for 3.5 years. He was responsible for
overseeing the group’s worldwide manufacturing of polished diamonds
and in this role, through integration of new technologies and other
skill level improvements, he achieved new benchmarks in quality,
productivity and cycle time reductions. From mid-1988 through mid-
2009 Mr Kothari served as Head of Manufacturing at R. Kantilal & Co.
During this period he specialised in the procurement of rough diamonds
from mining companies and tenders, as well as in the open market.
From May 2000 until May 2003 Mr. Kothari was Head of Operations
at the Munic Gems Group and was tasked with establishing an export
oriented jewellery unit. He was also instrumental in getting BEM
certification (a Rio Tinto initiative) for the company. Mr. Kothari holds
a first class Bachelor’s degree in Commerce from Lala Lajpatrai College
of Commerce and Economics, Mumbai University and certificates from
the GIA and IGI labs for successfully completing Diamond Grading and
other courses. He has been actively involved in the development of
technology, testing of machine prototypes and process improvement
initiatives with grading laboratories and equipment manufacturers and
has addressed various industry forums and seminars as a speaker on
these and other issues.
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RAJESHWARI HOMI MEHTA
has been Vice President of
Business Development Polished Diamond Trade of Sarin India, since
2013. Ms. Mehta is responsible for all activities relating to the
Group’s new polished diamond products and services in India. Prior
to this appointment, during 2010 Ms. Mehta took personal leave
and then, from 2011 through 2012 she consulted for the Group on its
conceptualisation of its polished diamond strategies, doing market
research and product testing in India, the U.S. and Hong Kong. Prior
to 2009, Ms. Mehta served as Vice President of Sales at Sarin India
from 2004, when the Group’s Indian subsidiary was established. Prior
to joining the newly established Sarin India, she was employed by the
Company for two years doing various market surveys in India. From
1999 to 2002, Ms. Mehta was the Vice President of Marketing at
Sahajanand Technologies P. Limited, at that time our Indian distributor,
where she led the marketing team tasked with the sales of our Group’s
products in India. Ms. Mehta holds a Master’s degree in Organic
Chemistry and a Masters in Business Administration from the South
Gujarat University, India.
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BEENITA RITESH CHAURASIA
has been the Vice President of
Sales, Sarin India, since 2010. Ms. Chaurasia is responsible for all pre-
and post- sale activities relating to the Group’s products in India. Prior
to this appointment, Ms. Chaurasia had been employed by Sarin India
since 2004, initially as a junior sales person, but over time with ever
increasing managerial responsibilities. Prior to her employment with
Sarin India, from 2001 through 2003 she was employed by Pyramid
Exports in various positions pertaining to business administration,
manufacturing administration and exports of cosmetics, skin care
and personal care and perfumery products to international markets.
She holds a Master’s of Business Administration degree (MBA) with
distinction, having finished first in her class, from the Jamnalal
Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (Mumbai University), with
a specialisation in marketing. She also holds a Master’s degree
in Commerce from Mumbai University, also with distinction. Ms.
Chaurasia holds a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce from K.P.B Hinduja
College in Mumbai.
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SUDHIR NARASINGA RAO
has been Vice President of Finance,
Sarin India, since July 2012. He has over 22 years of corporate finance
experience, working with local conglomerates and multinational
companies in India. From January 2000 through June 2012, Mr.
Rao served as Director of Finance (and on the Board of Directors) of
Firmenich Aromatics (India) Private Limited, an Indian subsidiary of
a Swiss multinational company in the flavour and fragrance industry,
where he led the finance and accounting team. He was part of the core
team which set up the first chemical plant in India for the Firmeinch
group in the special export zone in the state of Gujarat (where Surat,
India’s primary diamond manufacturing industry hub, is also located).
Prior to that, from 1998 through 1999 he served as General Manager of
Finance for Mphasis (India) Limited, a software development company,
now a part of the Hewlett Packard group, where he was also part of
the core team which set up the start-up company in India. From mid-
1987 through 1998 Mr. Rao served as Divisional Manager of Finance
for KEC International Limited, a tower manufacturer and transmission
line turnkey project contractor, where he began his career as a
management trainee. Mr Rao is a qualified Chartered Accountant from
the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and holds a Bachelor’s
degree in Commerce from Mumbai University.
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Ohad Axelrod
has been General Manager of Sarine North
America Inc. since May 2013, responsible for business development,
sales, marketing and service activities throughout the U.S. and
Canada. Mr. Axelrod has a proven track record of launching new
offerings, and leading business development activities driving revenue
growth from multiple products for digital printing and other high-
tech industries. Prior to joining Sarine, he held a variety of technical
and senior product management positions at Israeli and Fortune 500
technology companies. From 2011 to 2013, Mr. Axelrod was a Product
Line and Market Segment Manager at Landa Corp., leading business
and product developments for the commercial printing market and
responsible for the launch of new commercial products at the Drupa
2012 trade show. From 2008 through 2011, he was a Product Manager
and subsequently a Market Segment Manager at HP Indigo, successfully
launching multiple new products. Prior to that Mr. Axelrod was initially
a Senior Application Engineer and then a Product Marketing Manager
at Applied Materials, managing new product deployment and launch
plans for North America. Mr. Axelrod holds an Optomechanical
Engineering degree from the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology
and an MBA from the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Israel.
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