Cukierman Investment House

• Edouard Cukierman

  Chairman, Cukierman & Co. Investment House
  Edouard Cukierman

  Chairman, Cukierman & Co. Investment House

  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. Catalyst was the only Israeli venture fund that invested in Mobileye.

  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 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.  

  Edouard Cukierman is the Founder of the GoforIsrael annual conference.

  Mr. Cukierman is a board member of Sar-El (Association that brings volunteers from across the world to the IDF in Israel). He is also a director of the China based Asia M&A Council.

  Edouard Cukierman together with Dr. Daniel Rouach co-authored the book “Israel Valley Le bouclier technologique de l’innovation” published in June 2013 by Edition Pearson in Paris, 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.

• Haggai Ravid

  CEO, Cukierman & Co. Investment House
  Haggai Ravid

  CEO, Cukierman & Co. Investment House

  • haggai.r@cukierman.co.il

  Haggai Ravid, CEO
  
  Mr. Haggi Ravid is the Managing partner of Cukierman & Co.'s Investment Banking activities. Mr. Ravid was engaged in over $1B transactions over the past years, pioneering transactions such as taking the first Croatian company public on AIM, and completing the sale of first Telecom Hungarian based Nasdaq listed company. Prior to joining Cukierman, Mr. Ravid was a partner at MBI, an Investment House which jointly with Israel Industrial and Development Bank, invested in Israeli technology companies.
  
  Mr. Ravid sits on the board of Cukierman and a variety of technology companies. Mr. Ravid graduated Cum Laude from the Hebrew University and has a MBA from Rutgers University.‪‪ 

• Luc Muller

  Board Member, Cukierman & Co. Investment House
  Luc Muller

  Board Member, Cukierman & Co. Investment House

  Luc Muller is a Singapore/Tel Aviv based turn-around and international growth specialist.

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

   

• Roger Cukierman

  Board Member, Cukierman & Co. Investment House & Catalyst Fund
  Roger Cukierman

  Board Member, Cukierman & Co. Investment House & Catalyst Fund

  Mr. Roger Cukierman is vice President of the World Jewish Congress, and vice President of the Alliance Israelite Universelle. He recently joined the Board of ELNET, an organization for the support of Israel. He was previously CEO of the Edmond de Rothschild Group where he spent 36 years. He served also as Chairman of the Israel General Bank, and of several Mutual Funds. His experience includes directorship of many firms or banks such as Club Med, Credit Suisse Asset Management France, and the Association of French Bankers. Mr. Cukierman holds a doctorate degree in economics from the Paris University, a BA in law, and a business administration diploma of ESCP-Europe School of Management. He is also the author of "The Capital in the Japanese Economy" and of "Ni Fiers Ni Dominateurs".

• Yaron Yonati

  CFO, Catalyst Fund
  Yaron Yonati

  CFO, Catalyst Fund

  • yarony@catalyst-fund.com

  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. During his work, he has gathered audit records of large companies and also fill position of financial controller in international company. 

  Before that Yaron worked for Shaham&Co CPA as an intern 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 (B.A) in Business Administration and Accounting from Ono Academic center. 

• Dr. Laurent Choppe

  Managing Partner, Cukierman & Co. Life Sciences
  Dr. Laurent Choppe

  Managing Partner, Cukierman & Co. Life Sciences

  • laurent.c@cukierman.co.il

  Laurent leads Cukierman & Co. Life Sciences since 2008 and has been involved in more than 100 medtech and biotech corporate finance transactions and advisory assignments for the Cukierman group. His team works worldwide with venture-backed and middle market companies for fund raising, licensing deals and M&A transactions as well as strategic projects for key life sciences industry players.

  Laurent brings an extensive international life sciences experience in managing multifunctional teams and setting up new businesses in pharmaceuticals, medical devices, biotechnology, nutraceuticals, animal health and direct-to-consumer markets.

  After a veterinary practice and a new venture management experience, he worked 10 years in Schering-Plough (acquired by Merck & Co.) in marketing positions in dermatology, allergy, respiratory and animal health in France, General Manager in Israel and Vice President, Virology, Oncology and Cardiology in Canada. He then served 4 years as International General Manager at Bellus Health (ex-Neurochem, NASDAQ & TSE, dedicated to Alzheimer’s disease and AA amyloidosis).

  Laurent is a board member of Israel Brain Technology (IBT) http://israelbrain.org/, HeroKi Ltd. www.heroki.co and N.E.W.S. Navigation www.newsnavigation.org.

  Dr. Choppe is a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine of the University Paris XII, laureate of the École Nationale Vétérinaire d'Alfort, CES of Veterinary Ophthalmology and earned a MBA from INSEAD (Fontainebleau, France). He is married, father of 3 and lives in Lausanne (Switzerland) and Tel Aviv (Israel).

• Arnaud Rodrigue

  Partner, Cukierman & Co. Life Sciences
  Arnaud Rodrigue

  Partner, Cukierman & Co. Life Sciences

  • arnaud.r@cukierman.co.il

  Arnaud joined as Managing Partner of Cukierman & Co. New Mobility and Partner of Cukierman & Co. Life Sciences in October 2018. Arnaud has an extensive experience as investment banker with OSP Partners (Paris and New York), where he handled, as a partner, exclusive mandates for Siemens and Vivendi and more. He left to manage Ingersoll Engineers, an international consulting firm specialized in new product development and project management, that he sold to Orgaconseil (now Sopra Conseil), before moving from Paris to Israel where he lives today.

  In Israel, he fulfilled a few dreams, like building a small luxurious hotel in the middle of the desert. He also managed Learni, an Edtech Israeli company and was among the first managers to join Space IL in charge of the organization. Arnaud is also one of three cofounders of Volleto, a leading CRM platform for luxury brands.

  As a partner in Cukierman Group, he will be in charge of marketing exclusive life sciences companies toward family offices and non-specialized investors. Arnaud was the  youngest Maître de Conference then Professor at HEC Paris. He was also the Co-Founder of the Start Up Jury at Hec Paris and member of the jury of the design engineering department at L’Ecole des Mines de Paris. He holds a PhD degree from the Ehess in Paris.

   

• Nadav Attias

  Managing Partner, Cukierman & Co. New Mobility
  Nadav Attias

  Managing Partner, Cukierman & Co. New Mobility

  • nadav.a@cukierman.co.il

  Nadav Attias

  Founder and executive; startup and corporate; transactions of hundreds of millions; teams of dozens of people; urban, mobility, robotics and data; b2c and b2b; morning jog and wind-surfing.

  Nadav joined Cukierman Investment House in 2018 to co-establish the New Mobility department handling investments in everything that moves... 

  Nadav holds a BSc in Information Systems from the Technion (Israel Institute of Technology) and an Executive MBA from Tel-Aviv University.

   

• Asael Rosenvald

  Managing Partner, Cukierman & Co. TMT
  Asael Rosenvald

  Managing Partner, Cukierman & Co. TMT

  • asael.r@cukierman.co.il

  • Asael is a global M&A professional, with a strong financial background from the M&A team at Teva Pharmaceuticals and from Ernst & Young’s Transaction advisory services team
  • Asael brings vast professional experience in target screening, process management and execution in M&A, in/out-licensing, and divestitures deals,  including valuations, financial due diligence and negotiations
  • As part of his role at Teva, Asael gained unique experience in executing  divestiture deals
  • Asael was part of the innovation E-Health team at Teva, evaluating and executing business development initiatives in the digital health segment
  • An Israeli CPA, also holds an MBA, majoring in finance and a bachelor's degree in Economics and Accounting from the Tel Aviv University
  • A Major in reserves in the Israeli Navy
• Daniel Cohen

  BSc , MBA, Partner (Israel)
  Daniel Cohen

  BSc , MBA, Partner (Israel)

  • daniel.c@cukierman.co.il

  Daniel has been involved with Cukierman & Co. Life Sciences since 2009 in various capabilities focusing Venture Capital & Strategy consulting. In the last 17 years, Daniel has been involved in more than 100 medtech and biotech transactions and consulting assignments.
  
  Daniel serves as board member for several Israeli companies and support on regular basis most of the large Israeli life Sciences investors in Due Diligence and Strategy.
  
  Daniel’s past experience includes Senior Investment Director at Fosun Pharma (close to $400M investment) from 2013 to 2016, Principal at Omnes Capital (fund of funds activity and co-investment) from 2010 – 2013 and Director at Market Bridges (rep office of JMP Securities) from 2004 – 2010. Daniel has a B.Sc in Computer Sciences and an MBA from ESSEC Business School in Paris. He is married, father of 3 and lives in Tel Aviv (Israel)

• Laurence Blazianu

  Partner (Switzerland)
  Laurence Blazianu

  Partner (Switzerland)

  • laurence.b@cukierman.co.il

  Laurence Blazianu is a healthcare professional with a successful track record in partnerships, fund raising, corporate marketing, and financial analytics addressing the needs from investors & business partners, with over 16 years of experience. Laurence worked in the management of a number of highly innovative start-up companies with Xeltis, Quantis, Kenta Biotech, Shogoo Pharma.

  She started her career at Hoffmann-La Roche affiliates (US-UK) and Headquarters where she started in local sales & marketing, and then global marketing and partnering focusing on projects and companies’ valuation, deal structuring, and in-licensing/M&A activities. She moved then to Credit-Suisse Private Banking Headquarters as Analyst for global investments recommendations in the Pharma-Biotech-Medtech sectors.

  Laurence is also an executive spoke person and a member of the Chartered Institute for Public Relations (UK). She graduated in international business administration from the French University (Annecy and Clermont-Ferrand), and in Business English from the University of California, San Diego. 

• Shy S. Zyman

  Partner, Cukierman & Co. Life Sciences
  Shy S. Zyman

  Partner, Cukierman & Co. Life Sciences

  • shy.z@cukierman.co.il

  Shy is a senior experienced executive in the Medical and Hi-tech industry, with over 25 years of Business Development, Sales and Management for high technology companies. Prior to joining Cukierman he has been the CEO of PerfAction Technologies, the global SVP sales for Viora Technologies and former CEO of 2 other start-up companies. Shy specialized in Asian markets and have been the co-founder of Yoki-Kal, a leading BD company for the Japanese and Asian markets consulting numerous companies as Motorola, IAI, Orbit, SHL, STI, CTS and more. Very familiar with the Medical Devices market, mainly the emerging Medical Aesthetics arena.  Studied Computer Science and Physics at the Technion Talented Youth program, Business Administration at TLV Business College & at the Wales University. Shy is also a retired Lieutenant Commander of the Israeli navy where he graduated the Naval Officers academy.

• Nurit Ze'evi

  Special Advisor Cukierman & Co. FoodTech & AgriTech
  Nurit Ze'evi

  Special Advisor Cukierman & Co. FoodTech & AgriTech

  • nurit.z@Cukierman.co.il

  Nurit has over 25 years of experience in food, agriculture and complimentary industries.

  Nurit joined CIH after she founded and ran her own investment banking and business development consultancy, providing services to startups, established companies and investment entities, helping them take their business to the next level, both in Israel and California. Clients included Cannasoul Analytics, Frutarom (IFF), IShence Agtech,  Cardiacsense, Oplon Pure Science, Adly.com and 21Ventures VC and its portfolio companies in the fields of physical security and clean technologies. 

  Prior to that Nurit served as the first general manager for JDate.com, building the initial operating infrastructure and establishing the brand worldwide. 

  Nurit has a proven track record as business manager for leading consumer goods brands, such as Wissotzky Tea and PepsiCo., and as chief food engineer for Yachin Industries and Poseidon Industries.

  Nurit served in the Israeli Defense Forces as a food engineer in the Logistics Corps, responsible for supervising food manufacturing for the IDF. 

  Nurit holds a B.Sc in Food & Biotechnology Engineering from the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology and a M.Sc in Management from Boston University and Ben Gurion University.

• Darya Belov

  Marketing Associate, Cukierman & Co. Investment House
  Darya Belov

  Marketing Associate, Cukierman & Co. Investment House

  • darya.b@cukierman.co.il
• Dr. Alexandra Vallon-Eberhard

  Partner (Switzerland)
  Dr. Alexandra Vallon-Eberhard

  Partner (Switzerland)

  • alexandra.ve@cukierman.co.il

  Alexandra joined Cukierman & Co. Life Sciences in 2009 and brings a comprehensive international experience in R&D, business development and corporate strategy.  From 2003 to 2009, she has carried out her PhD in Immunology/Virology at bioMérieux (France) and her post-doctorate at the Weizmann Institute of Science (Israel). She co-authored more than 15 peer-reviewed international publications and received 6 academic awards. From 2007 to 2012, she served as Associate Partner of Quilt Solutions, a Swiss company customizing business development and market access in Life Sciences. From 2009 to 2010, she served as VP Business Development and then as CEO of Recogene Ltd., a biotech start-up within RAD BioMed Accelerator (Israel), developing innovative systems in gene therapy. Since 2009, she serves as Executive VP Sciences and Executive Director Europe of the Signal Group, the leading provider of ecosystem intelligence solutions for Global 2000 corporate decision makers.

    Alexandra is a PhD in Immunology/Virology of the University Claude Bernard Lyon I (France) and earned an International MBA from Bar Ilan University (Israel).

• Amir Aharoni

  Partner, Cukierman & Co. TMT
  Amir Aharoni

  Partner, Cukierman & Co. TMT

  • amir.a@cukierman.co.il

  Amir Aharoni, Partner, TMT

  Chairman and Co-Founder, Elastifile Ltd.

  Amir is veteran technology executive with more than 25 years of experience. His track record of success comes from being a founder & CEO of multiple Israeli startups and his consistent no-compromise approach to bringing best-in-class products to the new emerging markets. Amir co-founded and led Elastifile as CEO, with purpose and passion to build a world-wide market leader in Cloud Enterprise class storage. Previously, Amir was the Co-founder, President and CEO of Mobixell Networks, a provider of mobile multimedia and IP data and traffic management (acquired by Flash Networks). Amir formerly served as President and COO at Optibase, where he was responsible for scaling the company’s operations and leading it to a successful NASDAQ IPO.

  Prior to Optibase, Amir was Vice President of Engineering and COO of VDOnet, an Internet video streaming and video conferencing company, acquired by Citrix. Amir’s career began as a VLSI engineer at Intel. He was awarded a BSEE/CS in computer engineering, summa cum laude, from the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology and an MBA from Tel Aviv University.

   

   

• Avi Mizrahi

  Advisory Board Member, Cukierman & Co. TMT
  Avi Mizrahi

  Advisory Board Member, Cukierman & Co. TMT

  • avi.m@cukierman.co.il
• Sarah Elkaïm

  of counsel, Cukierman & Co. Paris
  Sarah Elkaïm

  of counsel, Cukierman & Co. Paris

  Sarah Elkaïm is CIH’s Of Counsel in France. She is a legal advisor with more than 10 years experience in negotiating and drafting contracts. She has previously worked at CIH’s headquarters in TLV from 2006 to 2009, as an Associate within the M&A activities, handling both legal and technical aspects of transactions.

  She has worked as well in New York and in Paris as a legal consultant for companies institutions, in various fields of law. Since 2011, she has been lecturing at the University (Paris 1-Sorbonne and Paris Est).

  Having French and English as mother tongue languages, she is fluent in Spanish, Hebrew and Turkish as well.

  She regularly does pro-bono work, more specifically in the fields of education and housing.

  Sarah Elkaïm holds a PhD in private law, master degrees in both Corporate and Comparative Law from the Panthéon Sorbonne University (Paris 1) and an LL.M. in Banking Corporate and Finance Law from Fordham University (NYC, USA).

   

• Dr. Hertsel Adhoute

  Partner (Israel)
  Dr. Hertsel Adhoute

  Partner (Israel)

  • hertsel.a@cukierman.co.il

  Physicist, Hertsel  has widely contributed to the international dermatological sector for more than 30 years. He created his own research laboratory, in Hôtel Dieu hospital in Marseille and then in Saint-Louis hospital in Paris, which was considered to be the forerunner of new skin care evaluation methods. 
  
  His main publications revolve around skin research, aging, light penetration, UV interactions mechanical  properties of the skin. From 1991 to 2007,  Hertsel was CEO and Scientific Manager of Dermexpert, a Phase I to IV CRO specializing in Dermatology, Cosmetics, Medical Devices, Food Supplements and non-invasive skin evaluation techniques. 

  Since 2007 Hertsel has founded several start-ups as Triacys, an innovative company that specializes in assessing the compliance of clinical trials and Virtual Clinical Trial. He has also completed several consultation assignments in R&D with major companies working in cutaneous field.

• Itamar Tessel

  Advisor, Cukierman & Co. TMM
  Itamar Tessel

  Advisor, Cukierman & Co. TMM

  • Itamar.t@cukierman.co.il

  Itamar joined the Cukierman & Co. TMT team as a Principal in 2018.

  Prior to joining the Cukierman & Co., Itamar worked for various top employers including the former CEO of Shaldor, Check Point Software Technologies, and the U.S. government.

  Itamar has a BA in Economics and Sustainability from the Interdisciplinary Center.

   

   

• Tal Brody

  Senior Advisor, Cukierman & Co. Green Tech
  Tal Brody

  Senior Advisor, Cukierman & Co. Green Tech

  • tal.b@cukierman.co.il

  Tal Brody was an All Big Ten & All-American basketball player at the University of Illinois graduating with a Bachelor’s and Masters Degree in Education. Tal first came to Israel with the USA team to the 1965 Maccabiah Olympic Games and in 1966 decided to take up a challenge and make Aliyah to Israel and became one the most honored new immigrants in Israel’s history receiving at age 34, the highest civilian honor, the Israel Prize.

  He was selected to light the torch on Independence Day,  he ran with the torch, opening up the 9th Maccabiah Games, Captained Maccabi Tel-Aviv, winning Israel’s first European Basketball Championship, was selected to the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, was chosen as one of the Top Ten immigrants that influenced Israel by the NY Times, and two years ago  in a ceremony held in the Israeli Parliament, was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award.  Tal also received last February, the annual WIZO’s “Guardian of Israel”Award and in last May  received an Honorary Doctorate Degree from Bar Ilan University.

  Since 2010, Tal officially serves as Israel’s Ambassador of Goodwill speaking throughout the USA & Canada and in September 2018, Tal was awarded by the People’s Republic of China, Shandong Province, their “Ambassdor of Friendship ” Award for contributing to the economic development & friendly relations between China & Israel.

• Paolo Sabbadini

  Managing Partner, Italian Division Milano
  Paolo Sabbadini

  Managing Partner, Italian Division Milano

  • paolo.s@cukierman.co.il

   

  Mr. Sabbadini joined Cukierman & Co. Investment House Corporate Finance Division in 2012 and in 2016 he create the CIH Italian Division.

  
  He was previously Senior Adviser in the english investment bank Advicorp plc.

  In this role, in the M&A division, he advised Israeli investors on the field such as defense security, renewable energy, food and real estate.

  In 2008 he was partner in the company MS Group, an Italian-Israeli business and commercial mediation firm, with responsibility for the M&A activity in the field of defence security and real estate.

  In 2006, he was a financial agent at the bank Cassa dei Risparmi di Milano e della Lombardia. 
  In 2002 he was nominated Chief Operating Officer of a notable advertising and new media agency with offices in Turin, Rome, Milan and London. 
  In 1990 he managed the family business being fourth generation of industrialist specialised in the printing industry. 
  He studied Industrial Engineering at the "Institute of Production Engineering" in Tel Aviv and obtained a master in business management and control at the UIR and in marketing at the IED in Italy.

  He is the founder and Vice President of the National Chamber for the Business of Italy and Israel.

  He was a member of the boards in the Association of the Printing Industry in Rome, and in the Italian Association of The Young Industrial Entrepreneurs and he was a member in the Commission of the International Relations of Confindustria, the Italian entrepreneurs association.

   

• Sephora Sackmann

  Senior Associate
  Sephora Sackmann

  Senior Associate

  • sephora.s@cukierman.co.il

  Sephora joined Cukierman & Co. Life Sciences in 2015 after having moved from France to Israel and currently serves the company as an associate.

  
  Before joining CLS, Sephora worked with ‘Hewlett Packard’ Israel as a financial analyst. As part of the financial department in charge of all the software sales where she developed her financial analytics skills. Sephora brings her extensive academic background in management, marketing and financial analytics.

  Sephora graduated in 2015 and earned her M.Sc. from the international Business School ‘ Grenoble Ecole de Management’ (France).

• Julia Solomon

  Junior Associate
  Julia Solomon

  Junior Associate

  • julia.s@cukierman.co.il

  Julia Solomon joined Cukierman & Co Investment House in 2018.

  Prior to joining Cukierman and Co. Life Sciences, Julia did an internship at Cukierman & Co. Technology, Media and Telecom. She was actively involved in the preparation and execution of many cross-border private placement and M&A transactions.

  She worked in Paris as an analyst in a start-up called Faste, a luxury lifestyle concierge, to assist a fundraising of €3M.

  Julia founded a non profit organization, named Ohr Torah for a school in Toulouse which suffered from a terrorist shooting attack in March 2012. Each year they raise money with the help of many artists from around the world.

  Julia holds a BSc in Business Management from the Royal Holloway University of London.

   

• Michael Coen

  Vice President, Cukierman & Co. TMT
  Michael Coen

  Vice President, Cukierman & Co. TMT

  • michael.c@cukierman.co.il
• Agamemnon Koliatsos

  Investment Banker Greece and S.E. Europe, Cukierman & Co. Real Estate
  Agamemnon Koliatsos

  Investment Banker Greece and S.E. Europe, Cukierman & Co. Real Estate

  • agamemnonk@gmail.com
• Jean Maurice Hagiage

  Managing Partner Cukierman & Co