Tom Wyler has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Optibase since September 2001 and as CEO since February 2002. Through the Festin Group, of which he is owner, Mr Wyler has had substantial stakes in several public companies in Switzerland. His other areas of involvement include investments banking, foreign exchange and financial futures. In the early 1990s, Mr Wyler turned his efforts to real estate interests in the US. More recently, his attention has been directed toward the high-tech industry in Israel. Mr. Wyler holds a Masters degree in Business Economics from the University of Zurich.
Eddy Shalev joined the board of directors in February 2002. Mr. Shalev is the managing general partner of Genesis Partners, a leading Israeli venture capital fund. Mr. Shalev has participated in many private equity investments in emerging growth and technology companies and was an investor in several successful technology companies in Israel. From 1972 to 1983, Mr. Shalev held various executive positions with IBM. Prior to joining IBM, Mr. Shalev held positions at the Israeli Ministry of Defense. Mr. Shalev has an MSc. in Information Systems and a B.A. in Statistics from Tel-Aviv University.
Haim Labensky, joined the board of directors in February 2002. From 1977 to 1999, Mr. Labensky held a number of positions at Bank Hapohalim, including consulting, trade, research and I.P.O coordination with global investment houses. Mr. Labensky holds a B.Sc in Civil Engineering from Astor University, U.K, a M.Sc in Engineering Management from Leeds University and a. B.A in Business Administration from Manchester Business School.
Alex Hilman joined the board of directors in February 2002. Mr. Hilman is a partner in Hilman & Co., which provides tax and business consulting services to corporations. Mr Hilman serves on the boards of various companies. Mr. Hilman has published professional works on tax and accounting, among them, The Israel Tax Guide, and in the past was an editor at Globes, a leading Israeli financial daily paper. Mr. Hilman has also held professional and management positions at the Ministry of Finance. Mr. Hilman holds a B.A. in Accountancy and Economics from Tel-Aviv University.
Dana Tamir joined the board of directors in September 2000. In the past, Ms. Tamir served as vice president, marketing of Radguard Ltd., which specialized in VPW solutions for service providers and large enterprises. From January 1997 to May 2000, Ms. Tamir served as the CEO of Qronus Interactive Ltd. and as president of Qronus, Inc., a company that was spun off by Mercury.
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