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| Horacio Furman, Non-Executive Director |
| Horacio Furman (58) is the CEO and founder of Prideway Holdings Ltd. And of
Estevan International, Ltd., a telecommunications equipment marketing company that developed
substantial new markets, primarily for Israeli high tech companies. Mr Furman previously was
Executive Vice President for Projects at UDI, Inc., a trading company, where he was head of
the China operations. Prior to that, Mr Furman held positions in Production and Marketing at
ISCAR, Ltd. Mr Furman holds a B.Sc in Mechanical Engineering and a M.Sc in Materials
Engineering from the Technion, Israels�s Institute of Technology, and an MBA from INSEAD,
the European Institute of Business Administration in Fontainebleau, France.
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| Geoffrey Simmonds, Non-Executive Director |
Geoffrey is a non-executive director of the Company and is chief executive
officer of Westside and is non-executive chairman of York Pharma plc, both AIM traded
companies. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1966. He has extensive involvement and
experience in corporate and strategic planning, acquisitions and finance.
He holds various other private company directorships and was one of the founder shareholders
and directors of United Trust & Credit Plc (now part of Carlisle Holdings Limited), UTC
Trading Corporation Plc (subsequently renamed Hemingway Properties Plc) and Chelsea Flowers
Plc (now part of Game Group Plc).
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| David Rubner, Non-Executive Director |
| David Rubner is chairman and chief executive officer of Rubner Technology
Ventures Ltd. and partner in Hyperion Israel Advisors Ltd., a venture capital firm. From
1991 until 2000 Mr Rubner was president and chief executive officer of ECI Telecom Ltd.
(NYSE: ECIL), one of Israel�s largest communication companies. Mr Rubner serves on the
board of directors of Check Point Software Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP), Koor Industries Ltd., Elbit
Imaging Ltd., Lipman Electronic Engineering Ltd., cVidya Networks and Bamboo Media Casting,
Inc. Mr Rubner holds a B.Sc degree in Engineering from Queen Mary College, University of
London and an M.S. degree from Carnegie Mellon University.
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| Guy Levit, Executive Director, CEO |
| Guy Levit was appointed chief executive of the Subsidiary in July 2002. and was
one of its founders in 1999. Prior to his current position he held various sales, marketing
and operational positions within the Group. From 1996 until 1999 Mr. Levit was the head of
the planning and development department of an elite technical unit in the Intelligence corps
of the Israeli Defence Force (I.D.F). In this role Mr. Levit was in charge of budgets,
project management and the design, development, implementation and maintenance of
organisational, managerial and logistical information systems. Previously Mr. Levit was an
engineer in the I.D.F R&D subdivision.
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| Irvin Fishman, Finance Director |
| Mr Fishman qualified as a chartered accountant in 1974 and has been a Partner
in Auerbach Hope, Chartered Accountants, since 1978. He held the position of Finance
Director at Entertainment Rights Plc, a fully quoted public company for several years before
more recently becoming a Non-Executive Director and Chairman of its Audit Committee.
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| Audit committee |
| The audit committee whose terms of reference cover matters recommended by the Code comprises H Furman and G Simmonds, and is chaired by H Furman. The committee is responsible for monitoring internal control throughout the Group, approving the Group’s accounting policies and reviewing interim and financial statements before submission to the main board. The committee is responsible for ensuring the independence and cost effectiveness of the company’s auditors and for reviewing the scope of work undertaken. |
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| Remuneration committee |
| The remuneration committee whose terms of reference cover matters recommended by the code comprises H Furman and G Simmonds and is chaired by H Furman. The committee is responsible for determining contract terms, remuneration, share options and other benefits of executive directors and key personnel. In addition, the committee agrees the parameters of remuneration for all employees. |
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