MA Industries is proud to have some of the foremost leaders in the business community serving on its Board of Directors.
Ami Erel
Mr. Erel has been appointed chairman of the board of Makhteshim Agan as of January 1, 2011 and has served as a Board of Directors member since August 6, 2006.
Mr Erel also serves as President and CEO, Discount Investment Corp. Ltd; Chairman of Cellcom Israel Ltd., Koor Industries Ltd. and NetVision Ltd.; and as a director of Elron Electronic industries Ltd. He previously served as Chairman & CEO, Elron Electronic Industries Ltd.; President & CEO, Bezeq the Israel Telecommunication Corp. Ltd.; Chairman of the Board, Pelephone Communications Ltd. As of September 2009 Mr. Erel also serves as Chairman of the Board of The Israel Export & International Cooperation Institute while prior to that he served as Chairman of the Executive Committee of Manufacturers Association of Israel and as Chairman of the Board of Israel Association of Electronics and Information Industries.
Mr Erel holds a B.Sc. in Electronic Engineering from the Technion (Israel Institute of Technology).
Avraham Bigger
Mr. Avraham Bigger served as Chairman of the Board of Makhteshim Agan between 2006 - 2010 and as Chief Executive Officer between 2006 - 2009.
He also serves as Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Caesarea Edmond Benjamin de Rothschild Development Corporation, a non profit organization founded by the Rothschild family. Amongst his previous roles, Mr. Bigger served as Chairman of the board of directors of Supersol, Israel largest food retailers, Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board of directors of Paz Oil Company, Israel's largest oil distributor, and Chief Executive Officer of Israel General Bank (founded by the Rothschild family). He holds a Masters degree in Business Administration from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Ilan Chet
Mr. Chet served as the President of the Weizman Institute, Israel's premiere research institution, as the Founding Director of the Otto Warburg Minerva Center for Agricultural Biotechnology, as Dean of Hebrew University's Faculty of Agriculture and as Vice President for Research and Development of the Hebrew University. He was a visiting professor at Harvard, Cornell, and Rutgers universities and at the Universities of Goettingen and Lund in Europe. Mr. Chet also served as senior scientist at DuPont and as a member of the scientific advisory committees of both the European Union and NATO. He has been a member of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities since 1998 and the European Academy of Sciences since 2004. Prof. Chet was awarded the Israel Prize, Israel's highest distinction for his scientific contribution.
Gideon Chitayat
Dr. Chitayat serves as Chairman of General Management and Business Strategy Consultant (GMBS). Dr. Chitayat has served as a consultant to chief executive officers and to chairman of boards of directors of several leading Israeli companies and entities in diversified business areas.
Raanan Cohen
Mr. Cohen serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Koor Industries. He also serves as the Vice President of Discount Investments Corporation and as a director of a number of companies in the IDB group, including Cellcom and Property & Building Corporation.
Mr. Cohen served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Scailex Corporation Ltd. (formerly Scitex) and was an associate with McKinsey & Company in London. Mr. Cohen is a member of the Israel Legal Bar.
Nochi Dankner
Mr. Dankner is the major shareholder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the IDB Group.
He is also the founder and Chairman of the Ganden Group, which holds controlling interest of IDB and is a leading holding company.
Currently, Mr. Dankner leverages his broad entrepreneurial and managerial experience to actively manage the IDB Group companies.
Mr. Dankner serves as the Chairman of the board of directors and as a director in private and public companies within the IDB Group
Avraham Fischer
Mr. Fischer serves as Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of IDB Group, co-Chief Executive Officer of Clal Industries and Investments, and Chairman of Clal Biotechnology Industries. Mr. Fischer is also the co-founder and co-Chairman of Ganden Tourism and Aviation and Ganden Holdings. He also serves as a member of the board of directors of IDB Holdings, IDB Development Corporation, Elron, American Israeli Paper Mills, Vyyo Inc., and other publicly held corporations.
Haim Gavrieli
Mr. Gavrieli serves as Executive Vice President of IDB Group. Amongst his previous roles Mr. Gavrieli served as Vice President in IDB Group and as a consultant to the Minister of Treasury. He also serves as a member of the board of directors of Koor Industries, Supersol, NetVision and other publicly held companies.
Oded Koritshoner
Mr. Koritshoner serves as Vice President of Automotive Robotic Industries Ltd., and previously as Chairmen of Priority investments from 2003 to 2010. He is a member of the boards of directors of a number of private companies. Mr. Koritshoner holds a BA in Economics, and an MBA, both from The Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
Oren Lieder
Mr. Lieder is the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Discount Investment Corporation and also serves on the board of directors of a number of Israeli enterprises including Supersol, Elron Electronic Industries, Property & Building Corpotation and Bayside Land Corporation.
Zvika Livnat
Mr. Livnat serves as co-Chief Executive Officer of Clal Industries and Investments, Deputy Chairman of IDB Development Corporation, Executive Vice President of IDB Holdings Corporation, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Nesher Israel Cement Enterprises and Chairman of the Board of Directors of American Israeli Paper Mills.
Isaac Manor
Mr. Manor serves as Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of IDB Group, Chairman of the Board of Directors of David Lubinsky group. He also serves as a member of the boards of directors in other public and private companies within IDB Group.
Dov Pekelman
Prof. Pekelman is a Professor of Strategy, Marketing and Operations Research at Tel-Aviv University. He is the owner and Managing Director of P.O.C (HT).
Hermona Soreq
Prof. Soreq is a Professor of Molecular Biology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Prof. Soreq serves as Dean of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science and served as Vice-Dean for R&D, Faculty of Science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.