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Tuesday, September 26, 2017 9:04:24 PM
I am a biologist by training with a D. Phil. Degree from Oxford University in Cell Biology and Immunology. I have been involved in diagnostics, pharmaceutical and biotechnology (medical and agricultural) companies at CEO level since 1989 and I have run both private and public companies in this sector in Brazil, China, England, Israel and the United States. My roles in these companies have included operational and strategic elements. I currently serve as CEO of FuturaGene Ltd., an agricultural biotech company. I have been the manager of the company since its inception, leading it through a series of private fundings, a reverse merge on the AIM Exchange of the London Stock Market, a successful secondary offering in London and the ultimate sale of the company to Suzano Pulp and Paper in Brazil in a cash transaction which valued the company at US $100 million. As CEO of FuturaGene, I successfully obtained the first ever regulatory approval to commercially deploy a genetically modified commercial tree species. In addition to my role as Chairman at OWC Pharma, I also currently serve as Chairman at Foamix Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: FOMX), a specialty dermatology company, inter alia. In my early years as an Executive Director at Foamix, I was responsible for European Business Development, and in this role, I cemented an out-licensing deal with Bayer Pharmaceuticals for the development and commercialization of a topical drug for Rosacea. Marketing of this drug was initiated in late 2015 after FDA approval and today yields multi-million dollar annual royalties to Foamix. In my role as a Director and Chairman at Foamix, I have been actively involved in Foamix's IPO and two follow-on offerings on NADAQ, which in aggregate raised approximately $170 million. I believe that the experience I have acquired in these endeavors will be a strong factor in assisting in the development of OWC Pharma.
It has also been my pleasure to work closely in the past with Mr. Mordechai Bignitz, our CEO. I believe that our complementary skills and our proven ability to work successfully together will play a very positive role in helping take our company to new levels of achievement.
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