Mr. Yair Shamir is the Founding and Managing Partner of Catalyst Investments.

Mr. Shamir was elected as a member of the 19th Knesset (Israeli Parliament) and served as Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development for the Government of Israel from 2013 until 2015.

Mr. Shamir serves as chairman of the National Road Safety Authority, chairman of the Shalem Collage, a research and educational institute in Jerusalem and chairman of the General Meeting of Ohalo College.

Mr. Shamir has formerly served as chairman of four government companies: Metropolitan Mass Transit System (NTA), Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), EL-AL Israel Airways and the National Roads Company.

Mr. Shamir has served as a member of numerous company boards within Catalyst’s investment portfolio – currently he serves as a board member of Tufin (NYSE: TUFN), Satixfy, and is chairman of the board of Xjet.

Mr Shamir also serves as a board member of Gvahim, a non-profit organization which assists qualified new immigrants from around the world in realizing their professional aspirations in Israel, and is a director at Rami Levi, a national Israeli retail chain.

From 2003-2007, Mr. Shamir was the Chairman of Shamir Optical Industry Ltd (NASDAQ: SHMR). From 1997-2006, Mr. Shamir served as the CEO and Chairman of VCON Telecommunications Ltd. From 2005-2013, he served as a board member of DSP Group Corporation (NASDAQ: DSPG). Mr Shamir was the CEO of Elite Food Industries, Ltd between the years of 1994 and 1995. From 1995 to 1997, Mr. Shamir served as Executive Vice President of the Challenge Fund L.P. Prior to this he was Executive VP of Scitex Corporation and General Manager of Scitex Israel from 1988 until 1993.

Mr Shamir was the Chairman of Gvahim from 2006 to 2013. He was also a Board Member of Mikveh Israel from 2010 until 2013. Mr. Shamir was also a member of the Board of Governors of the Technion University and sat on the executive committee of the Beer Sheva University from 1990 until 2013.

Mr. Shamir served in the Israeli Air Force as a pilot and commander from 1963-1988. During his term in the Air Force, Mr. Shamir attained the rank of colonel and served as head of the electronics department, the highest professional electronics position within the Israeli Air Force.

Mr. Shamir holds a B.Sc. in Electronics Engineering from the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology.

Mr. Edouard Cukierman is the Founder and Managing Partner of Catalyst Investments and serves as the Chairman of Cukierman & Co. Investment House. Since its establishment in 1993, Cukierman & Co. Investment House has been engaged in more than €5.5 billion cross-border transactions across industries.

Prior to establishing and managing Catalyst Investments in 2000, Mr. Cukierman was the President and CEO of Astra Technological Investments, a Venture Capital Fund established in 1993, which was the first Israeli company to go public in Continental Europe.

Today, Edouard Cukierman serves as a board member of Tufin technologies, a leading Cyber security company in Israel that went public in April 2019 (NYSE: TUFN), and Dori Media Group in Israel.

Together with Dr. Daniel Rouach, Edouard Cukierman co-authored the book “Israel Valley: Le bouclier technologique de l’innovation” published in June 2013 and later translated into Chinese, Italian and in Portuguese (Brazil).

Mr. Cukierman served for many years as a reserve officer in the Crisis & Hostage Negotiation team and in the Spokesperson’s Unit of the IDF.

Mr. Cukierman holds an MBA from INSEAD, France and a B.Sc. from the Technion, Israel’s Institute of Technology.

Head of Mergers and Acquisition Department and Managing Director at Everbright. Oversees the day-to-day operation of M&A Department, responsible for CEL’s new business development in strategic investments and Mergers and Acquisition projects.

Ms. Fan has over 17 years’ experience in direct investment, capital raising and investment banking serving corporate clients in Greater China region as well as multinationals. Prior to joining CEL, Ms. Fan has held various positions with increasing responsibility at multinational investment banks.

Ms. Fan holds a BA and a BS from Tsinghua University and an MA from the University of Oxford.

Mr. Chan is responsible for M&A transactions in relation to principal investment and strategic development initiatives, including forming cooperation with international partners.

Previously he has over ten years of experience working with regional and international financial institutions and investment banks.

Mr. Chan joined CEL in 2010 and has served as a Managing Partner of Catalyst CEL Fund since its establishment.

He holds an MA and BA from the University of Cambridge.

Mr. Harel brings over 20 years of management experience in various industries, including hi-tech, to the Catalyst management team. In 1990, he established Mashik-Research & Systems for Business Development Ltd, a consulting firm consisting of 40 management consultants and industrial engineers.

From 1993 until 1997, Boaz served as President and CEO of Leedan Holdings, a holding company with major stakes in approximately 25 companies.

From 1996 until 2001, he worked in Leedan’s NY office in order to develop these investments. Boaz Oversaw Acquisitions and new investments, and developed a reputation as a company turn-around specialist. Mr. Harel was also the Chairman of ICTS International, a public companies traded on Nasdaq. Mr. Harel holds a B.Sc. in Industrial and Management Engineering from the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology.

Mr. Ben Topor is a partner at Catalyst 4 Fund.

Mr. Topor has headed the Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) department at Cukierman & Co. since 2016. Mr. Topor has advised private and financial institutions from North America, Europe and Asia through complex financial transactions, across the entire spectrum of Israel’s technology sector.

Mr. Topor led growth equity financing for Trax, as well as the divestiture of a business unit from Kaiiama Bio-Agritech (Israel) to Mitsui & Co (Japan). Mr. Topor currently sits on the Board of Advisors of Energia Europa S.P.A.

Mr. Topor is also the Founder & Chairman of the Noah Initiative, a non-profit organization dedicated to regional economic development and affordable housing in Israel, supported by the Jewish Federation of New Jersey.

Ben served with distinction for several years as an intelligence officer in the Israel Military Intelligence Directorate, and was honorably discharged as a first lieutenant.

For his achievements, previously Ben was recognized as one of the most promising young professionals on the Forbes “30 under 30” list.

Mr. Topor holds a BA in Economics and East Asian Studies from the Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University and speaks Hebrew, English, and Chinese.

Luc Muller is a Singapore/Tel Aviv based turn-around and international growth specialist. Mr. Muller serves as the Chairman and CEO of Enviro Invest Pte. Ltd, a Singapore-based portfolio company specializing in taking mostly controlling stakes in troubled or underperforming SMEs in the Environment and Sustainability sectors. He currently serves as CEO of Enviro Industries Pte. Ltd in Singapore, a portfolio company active in trading in the Environment and Plastics sectors with operations in Asia. He is also acting President of OTTO Environnement SAS in the Indian Ocean.

Luc Muller is the Chairman of Euro-Asian Management Advisory Pte. Ltd, a management consulting company specializing in helping companies develop their international business or restructure difficult operations. Euro-Asian is exclusively active at the Board level.

In Israel, Luc Muller is an executive Board Member of UBQ Materials Ltd and Vice-Chairman of the Board of Cukierman and Co. Investment House Ltd.

Luc Muller spent 24 years in the OTTO Group, a family-owned globally diversified industrial group and acted as its CEO from 2000 until December 2015. Mr. Muller led market entries, merger and acquisition as well as divestitures transactions and corporate restructurings globally in both manufacturing and services. Through the private equity arm of OTTO, he led various investments in venture capital and private equity in the U.S, Germany, France, Switzerland, Israel and Taiwan.

Luc Muller was a Board Member of Israeli private equity funds Catalyst I and Catalyst II.

He is an avid art supporter and is Vice-Chairman of The Glass Art Fund (non-profit, France).

Mr. Muller holds an MBA from INSEAD (France / Singapore), and a bachelor degree in finance and controlling from the European Business School of the University of Strasbourg, France (IECS).

Lisya Bahar Manoah is Senior Partner at Catalyst 4 Fund.

Lisya has over 15 years of investment and management experience in private equity and global leading corporations, in particular in the context of raising capital, M&A transactions, and post-merger integration. Lisya invests in diversified technologies including smart mobility, ad-tech, fin-tech, life-science, SaaS, e-commerce, cyber-security, Industry 4-0 and agro/food-tech. She has held various managerial positions in global leading corporations including Keter Group (BC Partners), ADAMA and Magna Steyr (Nasdaq: MGA). Prior to joining Catalyst, Lisya led operational due diligence for Keter’s acquisition by BC Partners and managed post acquisition integration. Lisya earned Harvard executive education, MBA from Tel Aviv University and M.Sc from Vienna University of Technology and was selected 40under40 in Israel for 2020. Lisya is fluent in English, German, Turkish and Hebrew and has a strong international background.

Samuel Blank joined Catalyst in October 2017. Samuel is involved in all aspects of analyzing incoming investment opportunities, due diligence and ongoing monitoring of portfolio companies.

Samuel joined Catalyst from the Royal Bank of Scotland Group, London where he worked for over 6 years within Specialist Asset Finance serving large corporate clients in the Automotive sector, and before that as a Credit Analyst involved in Senior Debt Finance for large corporates in the retail and leisure sectors.

Samuel began his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers in London, where he worked on audit engagements for companies across a wide range of industries with a focus on the real estate and global media sectors. During this time, Samuel qualified as a Chartered Accountant and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants for England and Wales.

Samuel holds a BSc in Philosophy and Economics from the London School of Economics.

Yaron Yonati joined Catalyst as a CFO in November 2015 and brings with him extensive experience in accounting, finance, taxes, business management and operations. Prior to joining Catalyst, Yaron served as CPA in the audit department at Erez Komornik CPA firm for almost 5 years./span>

During his work, he has reviewed audit records of large companies and also held a position of financial controller in an international company.

Prior to that Yaron worked for Shaham & Co CPA for 2 years.

Yaron is a CPA and a member of the institution of Certified Public Accountants in Israel (ICPAS). He holds a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration and Accounting from Ono Academic center.

Jonathan Cohen joined Catalyst in May 2O19. He previously worked in M&A at BNP Paribas and in the investment team of GBL (Groupe Bruxelles Lambert), the second largest listed holding company in Europe with adjusted net assets of over €19bn. Jonathan holds a M.Sc from ESCP Europe.

Annie Salem joined the Catalyst team in 2017 as an analyst.

Prior to joining Catalyst, Annie worked as a Research and Teacher Assistant for the Faculty of Communications and Faculty of Business Administration at the Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya, Israel. She co-authored the book "Intercultural Communication as a Clash of Civilizations" and has had other areas of research published in leading journals.

She graduated Magna Cum Laude with a BA in Communications and holds a Masters in Business Administration (MBA), both from the Interdisciplinary Center.

Annie was born in London, England and moved to pursue her higher education studies in Israel, where she now lives.

Audrey Gozlan joined the Catalyst team in 2008 as a Personal Assistant to Edouard Cukierman.
Prior to joining Catalyst, Audrey served as web manager for an Israeli e-newspaper specializing in High Tech.
In 2000, after studying Tourism at the “Ecole Française de Tourisme” in Paris, she settled in Israel.
In addition to her duties as an executive assistant, Audrey is also a board member of Sar-El (Association that brings volunteers from across the world to the IDF in Israel)

Audrey is fluent in French, English and Hebrew.

Mr. Dassault is the Vice President of the GIMD (Groupe Industriel Marcel Dassault). Within the family, he is in charge of the diversification of the group's activities and of its investments. He is also the ambassador of the group abroad. He also organized the acquisition of Château La Fleur.

In addition to wine and real estate investments, Mr. Dassault and his father are also involved in the development of a technically high performing electric car, in cooperation with Electricité de France (EDF - France's main Electricity Operator) and the Heuliez group to improve urban environment and fight urban pollution. Mr. Dassault exercises thirty mandates in the financial, industrial and viticultural sectors, which places him, according to a Monde Diplomatique poll, at the 22nd rank on the list of the most powerful Frenchmen in the economic and financial world.

Richard Tang is the Chief Financial Officer of the China Everbright Limited ("CEL", SEHK:165), Managing Partner of Catalyst CEL Fund and also serves on the Investment Committee.

He has overall responsibility for supervising the financial resources planning, allocation and control of CEL. Mr. Tang is a member of Executive Committee of the board of CEL. Mr. Tang is a Non-executive director of China Aircraft Leasing Group Holdings Limited (stock code: HK 1848). He was a director of Everbright Securities Company Limited (stock code: SH 601788) from February 2008 to January 2011. Mr. Tang is a Certified Public Accountant and is a graduate of the Accountancy Department from Hong Kong Polytechnic. He is a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and has over 22 years of experience in audit, investment, accounting and finance. Since 1990, Mr. Tang had been engaged as department head of the financial and business operations of various international financial institutions. He joined CEL in September 2005 and joined the board of CEL in July 2007.

Antony Leung, former Financial Secretary of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is Group CEO of Nan Fung Group, a leading regional conglomerate focusing on property & investment businesses. He is also Independent Non-Executive Director of China Merchants Bank, Chairman of charity organizations Heifer International Hong Kong and Food Angel, and Chairman of Harvard Business School Association of Hong Kong.

Mr. Leung has extensive experience in financial services, including Chairman of Greater China of Blackstone, Chairman of Asia of JP Morgan Chase, Asia Head of Citi Private Bank, Regional Head of Citi Investment Bank, Treasury and Greater China. In addition, he was independent director of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, China Mobile (Hong Kong) Limited, American International Assurance (Hong Kong) Limited, and international advisory board member of China Development Bank. His past public service includes Non-Official Member of the Executive Council, member of the Exchange Fund Advisory Committee, Hong Kong Airport Authority, Chairman of the Education Commission and University Grants Committee in Hong Kong.

Dr. Lee George Lam holds a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Sciences, a Master of Science in Systems Science, and a Master of Business Administration, all from the University of Ottawa in Canada, a Post-graduate Diploma in Public Administration from Carleton University in Canada, a Post-graduate Diploma in English and Hong Kong Law and a Bachelor of Law (Hons) from Manchester Metropolitan University in the United Kingdom, a PCLL in law from the City University of Hong Kong, a Certificate in Professional Accountancy from the School of Continuing and Professional Studies of The Chinese University of Hong Kong, a LLM in law from the University of Wolverhampton in the United Kingdom, a Doctor of Philosophy and a Master of Public Administration from The University of Hong Kong.

Dr. Lam has over 30 years of multinational general management, management consulting, corporate governance, investment banking, direct investment and investment fund management experience. Dr. Lam is Chairman of Indochina, Myanmar and Thailand of Macquarie Capital (an international investment bank from Australia). He serves on the board of several publicly-listed companies and investment funds in the Asia Pacific region.

Having served as a part-time member of the Central Policy Unit of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region for two terms and the Legal Aid Services Council, Dr. Lam is a member of the General Committee and the Corporate Governance Committee of The Chamber of Hong Kong Listed Companies, a member of the Derivatives Market Consultative Panel of Hong Kong Exchange and Clearing Limited, a non-official member of the New Business Committee of the Financial Services Development Council, a visiting professor at the School of Economics & Management of Tsinghua University in Beijing, and an adjunct professor at the Department of Management in the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Mr. Roger Cukierman is the former Vice-President of the World Jewish Congress and of the European Jewish Congress, vice president of Alliance Israelite Universelle and director of the Claims Conference. Mr. Cukierman was until May 2007, the President of the CRIF (French Jewish Community). Mr. Cukierman was the former CEO of the Edmond de Rothschild Group as well as former CEO of the Israel General Bank and Israel 2000 Mutual Fund. Mr. Cukierman also served as president of the venture capital firm established by the Rothschild Group. His experience includes directorships of several international groups such as Club Med, Publicis, and the Association of French Bankers. Mr. Cukierman holds a doctorate degree in economics from the Paris University, a bachelor's in law, and the ESCP - European School of Management- diploma in business administration. He is also the author of The Capital in the Japanese Economy.

Christiaan de Lint is a partner and co-founder of Headway Capital Partners, a London based firm which invests in private equity secondaries in Europe and the US. Headway provides liquidity to institutions and individuals seeking an exit from their private equity investments, including both limited partnership interests and portfolios of direct investments. Headway focuses on small to medium sized deals and more complex situations.

Prior to co-founding Headway in early 2004, Christiaan was part of the investment team at Coller Capital, one of the largest players in the private equity secondaries market where he worked since early 1999. Prior to Coller Capital, Christiaan worked in the Alternative Investment Strategies and Corporate Banking divisions of Citibank in London and New York.

Christiaan received a BA in Economics and an MBA from the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland. Christiaan is Swiss-Dutch and is a CFA Charter-holder.

Mr. Knobloch, born in Munich, Germany, grew up in Milan, Italy until graduation and then continued his studies in business and economics in a joint program between Bocconi University of Milan and Wharton in Philadelphia.

He began his professional career in banking in NY and then went on to work as a builder/developer within a large private development group in NY.

Mr. Knobloch moved to Madrid, Spain in 1989 for family reasons and continued to develop properties as well as set up a company distributing mobile telecommunications technologies mainly to operators and banks. He is active in venture financing in the same field and particularly with Israeli companies.

Gad Propper is the chairman of Gad-Pro Investments Ltd and its sister companies, dealing with Private Equity and Real Estate development projects. Gad is also the chairman of L'Oreal Israel.

Gad was honored by the Queen of England as Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE), and by the President of France as a Chevalier de Legion D'Honneur.

Gad is chairing the Israel-EU Chamber of Commerce and Industry and is a member of the Board of Governors of the Tel Aviv University, the Shenkar College of Engineering & Design and of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art.

Gad is active as Director of various companies, was chairman of the Israel Export Institute, chaired the Association of Building Material and Consumer Goods Division at the Israel manufacturers association and was a member of the Presidium of the Israel Manufacturers Association.

Yair Ziv is the a Partner at VIYM Investment Firm. Yair has more than 20 years of cumulative international experience in mining, oil & gas, commodity trading and CRE investments. He brings to VIYM his experience in capital markets and commercial property investment management in the OECD and in emerging markets.

From 1993 to 2003, Yair served as a Director of Subsidiaries for Topland Group PLC, a major investment company in UK commercial property, with a portfolio valued at over GBP 2.5 billion.

He has a degree in political science from Tel Aviv University and, after further academic study and a period in the Israeli Foreign Office, he became the General Manager of Meridian Commodities, a group trading in bulk grains and foodstuffs. During his time at Meridian Commodities, Yair acquired expertise in international finance, banking and company administration.

He is fluent in English and Hebrew.

Mr. Adler is a leading partner of the Corporate Group at the renowned UK law firm Mishcon de Reya in London. Joel has a wide range of experience in corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity transactional work and IPOs on the London Stock Exchange.

He specializes in advising international entrepreneurs and corporations in international transactions involving a number of overseas jurisdictions in a variety of business sectors and is known for his lateral solution orientated thinking.

He has established a wide network of professional and business relationships in the USA, Europe and Israel. Mr. Adler received an LL.B. in Israel and a Master's Degree in Law at London University.

Bernard Nabet joined the Venture Capital department of Crédit Agricole Private Equity in September 2005, as an Investment Director. Since 2007, he is based in Tel Aviv to develop the fund of fund activity in Israel.

He graduated from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Electronique, Informatique et Radiocommunications (French engineering school) in Bordeaux and holds a DEA (post-graduate diploma) in Applied Physics and Microelectronics and a DESS (specialised post-graduate diploma) in Business Administration from the IAE (Institute of Business Administration) in Paris.

Bernard Nabet began his career as a Research Engineer at France Telecom R&D in the optoelectronic laboratories, and later worked for several years in consulting at Arthur Andersen and later at A.T. Kearney Interactive. He managed many projects in the areas of consulting, design, architecture and deployment of business IT systems.

In 2000, he co-founded Negopartner, a company specialised in "e-sourcing" solutions for SMEs. As CEO, he was in particular responsible for strategic planning, development and financial control.

He started working in the field of Venture Capital in 2001 when he was hired as a Partner in the Spef eFund structure of the Venture Capital department of the Natexis group.