Board of Directors

Zami Aberman, Co-Chairman, Pluristem's President & CEO
Aberman joined Pluristem in September 2005 and changed the Company’s strategy towards cellular therapeutics. Mr. Aberman has 20 years of experience in marketing and management in the high technology industry. He has held Chief Executive and Chairman positions in Israel, the USA, Europe, Japan and Korea. He has operated within high-tech global companies in the fields of automatic optical inspection, network security, video over IP, software, chip design and robotics. Mr. Aberman serves as the Chairman of Rose Hitech Ltd., a private investment company; and has served in the past as the Chairman of VLScom Ltd., a private company specializing in video compression for HDTV and video over IP and as a Director of Ori Software Ltd., a company involved in data management. Prior to that, he served as the President and CEO of Elbit Vision Systems (EVSNF.OB), which supplies inspection systems for the microelectronic industry.

Mr. Aberman has served as President and CEO of Netect Ltd., specializing in the field of internet security software and was the Co-Founder, President and CEO of Associative Computing Ltd., which developed an associative parallel processor for real-time video processing. He has also served as Chairman of Display Inspection Systems Inc., specializing in laser based inspection machines and as President and CEO of Robomatix Technologies Ltd. (RBMXF.OB).

In 1992, Aberman was awarded the Rothschild Prize for excellence in his field from the President of the State of Israel. Aberman holds a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from Ben Gurion University in Israel.

Mark Germain, Co-Chairman
Mr. Germain was appointed Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors on May 17, 2007. Mr. Germain is the Managing Director of The Olmsted Group, LLC, a merchant bank serving primarily the biotech and life sciences industries. He has been involved as a founder, director, Chairman of the Board of, and/or investor in over twenty companies in the biotech field, and assisted many of them in arranging corporate partnerships, acquiring technology, mergers and acquisitions and financings. He graduated New York University School of Law in 1975, Order of the Coif, and practiced corporate and securities law before leaving for the private sector in 1986. Since then, and until he entered the biotech field in 1991, he served in senior executive capacities, including as president of a public company sold in 1991. Among the public biotech companies Mr. Germain is a director of Wellford Real Properties, Inc. and chairman of its audit committee and a director of Stem Cell Innovations, Inc.

Mr. Doron Shorrer
Doron Shorrer (CPA, Israel) was Chairman of the Board of Phoenix Insurance Company, one of the largest insurance companies in Israel and Mivtachim Pension Benefit Group, the largest pension fund in Israel, managing $15 billion. Before assuming these positions, Shorrer held senior appointments that included: Arbitrator at the Claims Resolution Tribunal for Dormant Accounts in Switzerland; Economic and Financial Advisor, Commissioner of Insurance and Capital Markets for the State of Israel; Member of the Board of Directors of "Nechasim" of the State of Israel; Member of the Committee for the Examination of Structural Changes in the Capital Market (The Brodet Committee); General Director of the Ministry of Transport; Co-Founder and Director of an accounting firm having three branches (Jerusalem, Tel-Aviv, Haifa); Member of the Lecture Staff of the Amal School Chain; Chairman of a Public Committee for Telecommunications; and Economic Consultant to the Ministry of Energy.

Among many areas of expertise, Mr. Shorrer formulates, implements and administers business planning in the private and institutional sector. Additionally, Mr. Shorrer consults on economic, accounting and taxation issues to a large audience, ranging from private concerns to government ministries. Mr. Shorrer holds a B.A. in Economics and Accounting and an M.A. in Business Administration (specialization in finance and banking) from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is a Certified Public Accountant (ISR).

Isaac Braun
Mr. Braun was appointed a director of Pluristem on July 6, 2005. Mr. Braun is a business veteran with entrepreneurial, industrial and manufacturing experience. He has been a co-founder and board member of several hi-tech start-ups in the areas of e-commerce, security, messaging, search engines and biotechnology. Mr. Braun advises private companies on raising financing and business development.

Israel Ben Yoram
Mr. Ben-Yoram was appointed a director of Pluristem on January 26, 2005. Mr. Ben-Yoram has been a director and partner in the accounting firm of Mor, Ben-Yoram and Partners in Israel from 1985 to the present. This accounting firm currently employs over 15 employees in the field of auditing, consulting, and associated projects. Since 1992, Mr. Ben-Yoram has served as a shareholder and the head director of Mor, Ben-Yoram Ltd., a private company in Israel, in parallel with the operation of the Mor, Ben-Yoram and Partners accounting firm. This company provides management services, economic consulting services and other professional services to businesses. Mr. Ben-Yoram received a B.A. in accounting from the University of Tel Aviv, an M.A. in Economics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, an LLB and an MBA from Tel Aviv University and an LLM from Bar-Ilan University.