Management Team

Guy Bernstein

Chief Executive Officer

Guy Bernstein was appointed our Chief Executive Officer in January 2008. Mr. Bernstein served as a member of our board of directors from November 2006 to December 2008. Mr. Bernstein served as a director of Emblaze Ltd., or Emblaze, our former controlling shareholder and a publicly-traded company listed on the London Stock Exchange, from April 2004 until February 2011. From December 2006 to November 2010, Mr. Bernstein also served as chief executive officer of Emblaze, and, prior thereto, from April 2004 to December 2006, as the chief financial officer of Emblaze.  Mr. Bernstein serves as the chairman of the board of directors of each of Matrix and Sapiens and as chief executive officer and director of Magic Software, where he served as the chief financial and operations officer from 1999 until 2004, when he joined Emblaze.  He joined Magic Software from Kost Forer Gabbay & Kasierer, a member of Ernst & Young Global, where he served as senior manager from 1994 to 1997.  Mr. Bernstein holds a B.A. degree in accounting and economics from Tel Aviv University and is a certified public accountant in Israel.

 

Asaf Berenstin

Chief Financial Officer

Asaf Berenstin was appointed our Chief Financial Officer in November 2011. Mr. Berenstin also serves as the Chief Financial Officer of our subsidiary, Magic Software, since April 2010. Prior to such time, beginning in August 2008, Mr. Berenstin served as Magic Software’s corporate controller. Prior to joining our company, Mr. Berenstin served as a controller at Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (NASDAQ: GILT), commencing in July 2007. From October 2003 to July 2008, Mr. Berenstin practiced as a certified public accountant at Kesselman & Kesselman, a member of PriceWaterhouseCooper. Mr. Berenstin holds a B.A. degree in accounting and economics and an M.B.A. degree, both from Tel-Aviv University, and is a certified public accountant (CPA) in Israel.

 

Maya Solomon-Ella

Chief Operational Officer

Maya Solomon-Ella has served as our Chief Operational Officer since September 2016. In her last position Maya served as the Transaction Support leader in Ernst & Young Israel (Tel-Aviv branch). Maya served in Ernst & Young 13 years, 3 of which with the Assurance Services team (Hi Tech) and 10 of which have been spent in the Transaction Advisory Services (TAS) group. Since joining the TAS group at Ernst & Young, Ms. Solomon-Ella has been involved in M&A transactions across the globe. Ms. Solomon-Ella holds a B.A. degree in Economics-Accounting from Bar Ilan University and is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in Israel.

 

Marek Panek

Director

Marek  Panek  has served as one of our directors since November 2010, as a representative of Asseco. Since January 2007, Mr. Panek has served as Vice   President  of  the  Management  Board  and  Director  of  the Sales Coordination  and  Partners  Co-operation  Department  of  Asseco, where he supervises  the  Marketing Department, PR & IR Department and the Office of EU projects. Mr. Panek also holds several other positions at Asseco and its affiliates,  including Chairman of the Board of Directors of Asseco Denmark (since  2011),  Chairman  of the Board of Asseco Resovia S.A. (since August 2010),   member   of  the  Supervisory  Board  of  Asseco  Central Europe, a.s  .(since  November  2009),  director of Sintagma UAB (since July 2008), Chairman  of  the  Board  of Asseco DACH (2008-2011). During 2007-2008, Mr. Panek  served  as  the  Chairman  of the Management Board of Asseco SEE and President  of the Board of Asseco Romania. Mr. Panek first joined Asseco in 1995, having served in the following positions for the following periods of time:  Marketing  Specialist  (from  September  1995  to  September 1996); Marketing  Director  (from October 1996 to March 2003); Sales and Marketing Director  (from  April  2003 to March 2004); and Member of the Board, Sales and  Marketing Director (from March 2004 to January 2007). Prior to joining Asseco,  Mr.  Panek  was  employed at the ZE Gantel Sp. z o.o. from 1993 to 1995. Mr.  Panek  graduated from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics  of  the  Rzeszów University of Technology in 1994, having been awarded a masters degree in engineering.

 

Rafal Kozlowski

Director

Rafał Kozlowski has served as one of our directors since August 2012. Since June 2012, M r. Kozlowski has served as Vice President of the Management Board and Chief Financial Officer of Asseco. Mr. Kozlowski is also a member of the Asseco Group Board of Directors. From May 2008 to May 2012, Mr. Kozlowski served as Vice President of Asseco South Eastern Europe S.A. responsible for the company's financial management. Mr. Rafał Kozlowski was directly involved in the acquisitions of companies incorporated within the holding of Asseco South Eastern Europe, as well as in the holding's IPO process at the Warsaw Stock Exchange From 1996 to 1998, he served as Financial Director at Delta Software, and subsequently, from 1998 to 2003 as Senior Manager at Veraudyt. In the years 2004-2006, he was Head of Treasury Department at Softbank S.A. where he was delegated to act as Vice President of Finance at the company's subsidiary Sawan S.A. Since 2007 till June 2009, he served as Director of Controlling and Investment Division at Asseco Poland S.A. Mr. Kozlowski graduated of the University of Warsaw, obtaining Master's degree at the Faculty of Organization and Management in 1998. He completed the Project Management Program organized by PMI in 2004,and the International Accounting Standards Program organized by Ernst & Young Academy of Business in the years 2005-2006.

 

Dafna Cohen

Independent Director

Dafna Cohen has served as one of our directors since October 2009 and a member of our audit committee since January 2011. Ms.Cohen also serves as director of XTL Biopharmaceuticals Ltd. and Europort Ltd. Ms Cohen served as Director of Global Treasury of MediaMind Technologies from 2010 to 2011. Prior to that, Ms.Cohen served as Director of Investments and as a Treasurer of Emblaze from 2005 to 2009. Prior to that, Ms. Cohen served as an Investment Manager for Leumi Partners and as a department manager at the derivatives sector and a foreign securities dealer of Bank Leumi. Ms. Cohen holds an M.B.A. in finance and a B.A. degree in economics and political science, both from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

 

Eli Zamir

External Director

Eli Zamir has served as one of our external directors and as a member of our audit committee since March 2013.  Mr. Zamir currently serves as the CEO of Invest Pro Ltd., a private investment firm. From 1995 to 2002, Mr. Zamir served as a portfolio manager and from 2002 to 2007 Mr. Zamir served as the CEO of an underwriter. Mr. Zamir also currently serves as a director of Synopsis Ltd., a public company listed on the TASE. Mr. Zamir holds a B.A. degree in accounting and finance from Tel-Aviv University and an M.B.A. degree, from Ben Gurion University.

 

Iris Yahal

External Director

Iris Yahal has served as one of our external directors and as a member of our audit committee since April 2013. Ms. Yahal is an independent strategic transaction advisor for various software, renewable energy, infrastructure and biotech companies since 2007. From 1995 through 2007, Ms. Yahal served as Chief Financial Officer of BluePhoenix Solutions Ltd., a public company listed on the NASDAQ Global Market and the TASE. In addition, from 1999 through 2007 Ms. Yahal served as a director of BluePhoenix Solutions and each of its international subsidiaries. From 1991 until 1996, Ms. Yahal served as a controller at Argotech Ltd. which, at that time, was a wholly owned subsidiary of our Company, operating as a start-up incubator. Prior to 1991, Ms. Yahal worked as an auditor with Wallenstein and Co., a public accounting firm. Ms. Yahal holds a B.A. degree in accounting and statistics and an M.B.A degree in business administration, both from Tel- Aviv University and is a certified public accountant in Israel.