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Enrico (Chicco) TestaChairman of the BoardBorn in Italy in 1952, Enrico Testa has an important professional background. Among his several experiences, between 1996 and 2002 Enrico Testa was Chairman of the Board at ENEL S.p.A. (the Italian provider of power and gas) and founder and member of the Board of Directors at WIND S.p.A. Enrico Testa is actually Member of the Board of Rothschild S.p.A, Executive President at Roma Metropolitane S.p.A (the company realizing the new Underground lines in Rome), Vice Chairman of the World Energy Council and Senior Partner at Franco Bernabè Group, which owns several participations in the IT sector. |
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Oozi CatsCEO Telit Communications PLC
An experienced CEO and entrepreneur, Oozi Cats, in 2000, was the founder of a high level communications engineering and distribution company (Dai Telecom Ltd) in Israel. In 2002 he was the visionary who led Dai Telecom to take over Telit in Italy and turn it from a bankrupt company into a global player in the m2m market. The complex turnaround program included strategic redefinition, financial restructuring, and human resource reorganization. Headed by Mr. Cats as CEO, Telit was listed in the London Stock Exchange in April 2005. Prior to his roll in Telit, Mr. Cats was the founder and CEO of Auto Depot Ltd, an Israeli Mass Merchandising chain for vehicle supplies and services. |
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Michael GalaiFinance Director & General Counsel Telit Communications PLC
Michael Galai joined Telit Communications PLC in 2006 as VP Legal & General Counsel. Before that he was General Counsel at Lipman Electronic Engineering Ltd. (Nasdaq, TASE: LPMA) where he took an active part in a secondary offer to the public and the company's sale to VeriFone Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: PAY). Before joining Lipman, Mr. Galai was an associate with Goldfarb, Levy, Eran and Co., an Israeli general full-service business practice that serves a wide range of Israeli and foreign clients, with special emphasis on international transactions, financing, securities, mergers and acquisitions and related activities. Mr. Galai also spent six year in the Israel Securities Authority, holding a variety of positions, including spokesperson. He has an MBA (Major in Finance), and an L.L.B from the Tel Aviv University School of Law and is a member of the Israeli Bar. |
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Maurizio GasparriIndependent Non-Executive Director
Maurizio Gasparri, is currently a member of the Italian Parliament, having been elected to office in 1992. From 2001 to 2005 Mr. Gasparri held the position of Minister of Communications for Italy. Mr Maurizio Gasparri is currentlynot a director or partner, nor has been a director or partner within the past 5 years, of any companies or partnerships. |
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Andrea Giorgio Mandel-MantelloIndependent Non Executive Director
Andrea Giorgio Mandel-Mantello is the founding partner of AdviCorp PLC, a UK investment Bank regulated by the UK Financial Services Authority. Prior to his work at AdviCorp, Mr. Mandel-Martello spent 9 years at SBC Warburg ("SBCW" now known as UBS) in London in various management positions including Executive Director of SBC Warburg, member of the Board of SBC Warburg Italia SIM S.p.A., and Country Head for Israel. Prior to working at SBCW, Mr. Mandel-Martello spent 2 years at Chemical Bank International Ltd. In London and 3 years at Banca Nazionale dell'Agricoltura in Rome. Mr. Mandel-Martello is a director of Coraline S.p.A., a company which has recently acquired the business of Frette S.p.A. Italy's leading producer and retailer of Home Ware; he is a director of MOTO S.p.A. a joint venture in the motorway restaurants business Compass Group PLC and Cremonini S.p.A.; he is a director of B.O.S. Better On Line systems, a Nasdaq listed Israeli company involved in VoIP and enterprise solutions. He holds a Bachelor degree in Economics and Political Science from Yale University. |
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Amir ScharfNon-Executive Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Telit Amir Scharf, aged 40, is a Partner and Head of Securities Law practice at Tadmor & Co., Attorneys at Law, in Tel Aviv. He is also a Director and Chairman of the audit committee at Analyst I.M.S. Investment Management Services Ltd., a full service investment house traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange. Before joining Tadmor & Co. he was the General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of El Al Israel Airlines Ltd., and before that he served as Deputy Director of the Legal Department of the Israeli Securities Authority. In 2004 - 2006 he served as a member of The "Goshen Committee", the public committee for setting an Israeli Corporate Governance code. Mr. Scharf was also a director of Superstar Holidays Limited in the UK between 2005 and 2006. |
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