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Mr. Ofer Haviv
President and Chief Executive Officer
Prior to being named CEO of Evogene in late 2004, Mr. Haviv held the positions of company COO and CFO from 2002 to 2004 and was involved in Evogene's spin-off from Compugen. Prior to the spin-off, he held the position of Director of Finance and Treasurer of Compugen (NASDAQ: CGEN) for four years, during which time the company completed two private placements and an IPO on NASDAQ. Earlier, Mr. Haviv was the CFO of Klei Zemmer. He was also an auditor with a leading accounting firm belonging to a network of the "Big Five".
Mr. Haviv holds a B.A. degree in Economics from Tel Aviv University and is a Certified Public Accountant in Israel.
ofer.haviv@evogene.com
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Dr. Hagai Karchi
EVP Development and CTO
Dr. Karchi is co-founder of Evogene and served as its CEO from 2002 to 2004. Prior to the spin-off of Evogene from Compugen he was the Co-Head of Compugen's Plant Genomic Division. He has over 15 years experience in the breeding of tomatoes and in molecular genomics research. His scientific achievements include the development of a molecular system for gene discovery and the development of high yielding, high quality greenhouse tomato varieties. Dr. Karchi has lectured widely in the field of plant genomics and has an extensive record of publications. Dr. Karchi holds B.Sc and M.Sc degrees from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s Faculty of Agriculture, specializing in gene expression. He holds a Ph.D. from The Weizmann Institute of Science and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.
hagai.karchi@evogene.com
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Mr. Assaf Oron
EVP Strategy and Business Development
Mr. Oron has a mixed business and scientific background. Prior to joining Evogene, Mr. Oron was CEO of ChondroSite Ltd., a biotechnology company that develops tissue engineered products in the field of orthopedics (2004-2006). Mr. Oron was previously with Glenrock Ltd, a private investment company in the field of biotechnology and also has over 5 years of experience in strategic consulting at POC Ltd., a leading Israeli management consulting company, where he served as Senior Project Manager working with leading companies in Israeli industry. Mr. Oron also has academic experience in the study of protein interactions through bioinformatic means.
Mr. Oron holds an M.Sc. degree in Biology and a B.Sc. degree in Economics and Chemistry from Tel Aviv University.
assaf.oron@evogene.com
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Mr. Assaf Kacen
VP of Technology Platform
Mr. Kacen is responsible for the technology platform at Evogene, which includes the Bioinformatics, Molecular Biology, Tissue Culture and Plant Transformation units as well as the Plant Growth unit. Prior to joining Evogene, Mr. Kacen held a position of Product manager at Nokia Siemens Networks (2008-2009). He has substantial R&D management experience leading Lateral Software Groups with multiple teams of engineers (2004-2008), implementing advanced development procedures and management methods with proven results. Mr. Kacen served in the Israeli Air Force, where he held a variety of command and management positions.
Mr. Kacen holds an MBA from Interdisciplinary Center, Herzlia, with a specialization in Finance and a B.Sc in Communication Systems Engineering from Ben-Gurion University in Beer Sheva, Israel.
assaf.kacen@evogene.com
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