Gadi Lesin
President & CEO
Strauss Group
Education: CEO Workshop at Harvard Business School (2009); MBA with distinction, Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva (96-99); BA Business Administration, Marketing & Financing specialization 'with disinction, College of Management, Tel Aviv. (91-95)
Current position: President and CEO, Strauss Group.
Previous positions: CEO Strauss Israel (08-09); CEO Sabra (06-07); CEO Strauss Dairies (03-06); Sales & Distribution division manager, Strauss Fresh Foods (99-03) Private market and national distribution (96-99); Salads division manager, Tel Aviv marketing, sales & logistics division (94-96); National sales manager, salads department, Tel Aviv marketing (93-94); Marketing Manager, Omri Advertising(91-93).
Public Office: Chairman, Israel Food Industries Association
Community Involvement: Director, Shoval Organization, Israel (non-profit)
Shahar Florentz
EVP & CFO
Strauss Group
Year of birth: 1965
Education: Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license; BA with distinction, Accountancy and Economics, Tel Aviv (90-92)
Current position: CFO Strauss Group.
Previous positions: CEO Starhome BV (01-08); CFO Starhome BV (99-01); CFO Promedico LTD (99); CFO Lannet LTD (98); Financial Director, Lannet LTD (97-98); Controller, Lannet LTD (96-97); Financial advisor, PriceWaterhouse (Somech-Haikin) (92-95); CPA, Shahak and partners (91).
Michael Avner
EVP, CLO & Company Secretary
Strauss Group
Year of birth: 1955.
Education: LL.B. Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv University. Advocate & Notary.
Current position: EVP & Chief Legal Officer, Company Secretary and member of the GMT. In charge of corporate governance and social responsibility issues in the Group.
Previous positions: Advocate in a law firm in Washington DC, USA (92-89); Advocate in a law firm in Tel Aviv (83-88).
Memberships: Israel-Portugal Chamber of Commerce; Maala- the umbrella organization for businesses practicing social responsibility;
Board of Trustees – Haifa University.
Tomer Harpaz
EVP, Strategy and Business Development
Strauss Group
Education: MBA, Hull University, London (98-00); LLB with honors, U.E.A, Norwich, UK (95-98).
Current position: EVP, Strategy and Business Development.
Previous positions: CEO, ARA Minerals (06-09); Co Founder & Chairman, re:bar Ltd (06-10); CEO, P.O.C Management Consulting Firm (03-06).
Zion Balas
CEO, Strauss Israel
Year of birth: 1964
Education: B.Sc in Industrial Engineering & Management with merits (91) from the Technion in Haifa, Israel.
Current Position: CEO, Strauss Israel
Previous Positions: GM, Sales Division, Strauss Israel (06-09); CEO ,AFH Division, Strauss-Elite Israel (05-06); CEO, Sales Division, Strauss Fresh Foods (03-04); V.P. Operations, Strauss (00-03); Operations Manager, Strauss Dairies (96-00); Production Manager, Strauss Dairies (94-96); Concrete Facility Manager, Pioneer (91-93).
Todd Morgan
CEO Strauss Coffee
Education: MBA, Kellogg Graduate School of Management; BA in Economics, Northwestern University
Current position: CEO Strauss Coffee, Member of the Board, Três Corações
Giyora Bar Dea
CEO Strauss North America
Year of birth: 1953.
Education: Advanced Management Program, Harvard Business School, Harvard University (00); BA, Faculty of Humanities, Tel Aviv University (84).
Current position: CEO Strauss North America.
Previous positions: CEO Strauss Israel (03-07); CEO Elite Israel (01-03); GM Elite Sales & Logistics (96-00)GM Kfar Hamaccabiya (93-96) HR Manager, Tadiran .(81-91).
Memberships: Deputy Chairman, World Maccabi Organization
Rami Ronen
CEO, Strauss Water
Strauss Group
Year of birth: 1963.
Education: MBA, Tel Aviv (97); BSc - Electronics and computers engineering, Tel Aviv (91).
Current position: CEO, Strauss Water.
Previous positions: CEO, H2Q Water Ind, Strauss Group (06-09); Founder, Co-CEO and Chairman of the Board, Ramdor Systems and Computers Ltd (91-05).
Nurit Tal Shamir
Senior Vice President of Global Human Resources
Strauss Group
Year of birth: 1964
Education: B.A. in Educational Psychology and Sociology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; M.A. in Behavioral Science, Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Management, Technion Institute.
Current Position: Senior Vice President of Global Human Resources
Previous Positions: VP Human Resources, Strauss-Elite (2004 – 2007); VP Human Resources, Strauss Fresh Food (2000 – 2003); Human Resources Manager, Dairy (1996 – 1999); Human Resources Manager, Klalit Health Services (1991 – 1996).
