Ms. Nahmias-Verbin was appointed in January 2022 as the Chairperson of The Israel  Export Institute. 

Ms. Nahmias-Verbin served as Member of Knesset on behalf of the Zionist Union/Labor  party between 2015 - 2019. She was a member of the Economic committee, defense and  foreign relations committee, and the house committee. Ms. Nahmias-Verbin also headed  the Industry caucus and was awarded "best parliamentarian" by the Israel Democracy  Institute in 2016. 

Following her tenure in the Knesset, Ms. Nahmias-Verbin assumed various roles and leading positions in the business and public sector, implementing her unique multi-disciplinary  expertise and knowledge. She currently serves as Vice President of the Manufacturer's  Association of Israel, Chairperson of Tavlit Plastic (a family-owned factory specializing in  irrigation and water technologies) and serves as a board member in several companies - in  technology, renewable energies and fintech. 

In addition, Ms. Nahmias-Verbin acts as the chair of Jready – the global crises management  network by the Jewish agency, chair of the fund for the victims of terror as well as Chair of  the Board of the Ben Gurion House in Tel Aviv, and as a leading expert in corporate  governance, she still makes the time to teach and train in senior management courses in  Lahav, the management faculty at the Tel Aviv university.  

Ms. Nahmias-Verbin graduated with an LLB from the Hebrew University and holds an LLM
in Commercial Law from the Tel Aviv university

Photographer credit- Noa Fishfeld

Dr. Shai Moses serves currently as Director of Asia-Pacific Division, Foreign Trade Administration (FTA), at the Israeli Ministry of Economy and Industry. In this capacity, Dr. Moses supervises the activities of the Israeli Economic and Trade Missions across the Asia-Pacific region. In addition, Dr. Moses manages the Digital Media and Life Science verticals at the FTA. Previously, Dr. Moses served as Consul for Trade and Economic Affairs at the Consulate General of the State of Israel to South India. At this position, Dr. Moses focused on a wide range of activities and services aiming at the promotion of trade, investments and joint ventures between Israeli and Indian companies, especially in the technological domain. Previously, Dr. Moses served as Israeli Deputy Ambassador to the World Trade Organization and Commercial Attaché to Switzerland. Dr. Moses also served in the past as Deputy Commissioner for Trade Remedies and Deputy Director of Import Administration at the Israeli Ministry of Economy and Industry

Business status & expertise:

Since 2014 on Today

• VP strategy and business development of the media group Ananey communication 

• Head of the CP division of Viacom, Israel

Since 2017 on Today

• Senior Advisor at Playtika, a leading entertainment company, free to play mobile games

  • Collectables games strategy & monetization skills at Slotocards, Slotomania studio 

Since 2010 on Today 

• Founder & owner of Concept 4 Success (C4S)  

  • Building marketing strategy, Business model & go to market strategies. 

  • Business development advisor at the start-up & Gaming industry.

2012 – 2017

• Board member of the Israeli activity of the MogoPark www.mogobe.co.il ;. 

Since 2007 on Today

• Lecturing before big organizations on excelling in sport and its analogy to the world of business (business companies, insurance companies, banks) and to organizations abroad (in Hebrew and English).

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   PMI:  General Manager - Branded Leisure Items for Children &Teens                         
   The company specializes in branded leisure items for children and teen-agers. 

• • Constructing vision, business models, building & managing yearly budgets and for each one of the projects.  

  • Purchasing of rights, managing the Merchandizing department (sales, reports, marketing), building concepts of products lines and adapting them to the target audience. 

  • Managing collaboration with leading companies/sponsors in the field of consumerism (Straus, Uniliver, Tempo, Nestle/Osem, gas stations companies, MacDonalds etc),

  • Managing production in Israel & outside, leading the relationship with the retailers. 

Education

• B.A. in business Administration in the Interdisciplinary Center Herzelya (IDC)

International Sport Career 

• Winner of Olympic silver medal in Judo in Barcelona 1992. The first Olympic medal for Israel ever.

• 5Th in Atlanta Olympic 1996

• European Champion 1993 and 2 bronze medals in other European championships (1989, 1990)

• 2nd in World Championship ( 1993) and bronze medal in world championship 1991

• Israel champion for more than 2 decades

• Winner of more than 100 medals in the most important international sport events.

Sport management

• Since Nov’ 2021, President of the Israeli Olympic Committee

• Since 2012, member of the marketing commission & the digital and technology commission of the IOC(international Olympic Committee)

• Since March 2013, member of the board of the Israeli Olympic committee 

  • Chairwomen of the Sport committee

Public activities

2021 – Member of the Israeli Friends of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

2017 – Board member of Prize for Life, the ALS organization.

2014 – Board member in Snunit, the owner of Galim site http://www.galim.org.il/ 

2006-2010 – senior member in the committee for setting criteria for allocating the money & sources for all sport organizations in Israel, on behalf of the minister of Culture and Sport.

Media

1994-1998 hosting a Television  program – ‘Sportivi’

1997-1996 hosting the radio program "someone to talk to" in Galai Zahal about current issues – talks and interviews with listeners once a week.

Summer 2004, summer 2008, summer 2012  – T.V. commentator of the Olympic games for the Israeli  channel.

Army Service

• 1985 – 1987 Guiding elite units in Wingate as a sports guide

Aviv Arnon, Co Founder & CBDO WSC Sports

Aviv Arnon, Co-Founder and Chief Business Development Officer at WSC Sports. Aviv comes from an engineering background and is an MBA graduate. As Co-Founder and CBDO of WSC Sports, Aviv has been responsible for outlining and executing the company's business strategy for the past 10 years. 

Under his management, WSC Sports has secured over 200 of the biggest names in sports and broadcasting around the world. Combining his unique way-of-thinking and customer focus, together with his passion for sports and technology, was a key part of WSC's success in the industry and in building the leading AI video platform for sports media. 

Ophir Zardok is responsible for Sports Solutions and Business Development at LiveU, leading the company’s sports strategy in EMEA and APAC. Ophir works together with sports organizations, production companies, broadcasters and media companies to deliver more content in high quality, at a low cost, using LiveU’s bonded cellular solutions. 

Ophir is a graduate of the prestigious FIFA Master Course, 2005. Since graduation he has been involved in sports at different levels, in a variety of roles. Ophir has been acting as UEFA Venue Director since 2009, where he leads a team of people in implementing UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League matches across Europe. Previously, he launched a sports tech accelerator to bring innovation to the sports space with Microsoft ScaleUp, Deloitte Sports and HYPE Sports Innovation.

Over the past few years, Shay has made a considerable shift from a professional basketball player in the WNBA (Women's National Basketball Association) and top Europe leagues to the start-up world.
Shay (a former founder and angel investor) has an MBA in Business from University of Reichman and is currently principal at AnD Ventures (an early stage Israeli investment fund)

Daniel has over 20 year's experience in the sports industry, ranging from broadcast, media, sports data and analytics having created and integrated advanced performance analysis systems. Additionally, he has extensive experience in the Sports Betting industry, delivering product and platforms to emerging markets. 
Chairman of Redwood International Sports: Sports Data operation in Israel
Founder of Suntech Innovation: IT delivery company based in the Ukraine delivering advanced turnkey products
Strategist, Board Member and Advisor

Samir Ibrahim has held key positions at several Internet startups as well as larger platform players like United Internet and XING, the largest German business networking site, where he was responsible for growing the user base and diversifying the business. As Director Digital at Hamburg‘s Tourist Board Samir boosted data-driven marketing, CRM and e-commerce to restart the local travel industry after Covid. In his current position he is eager to transform the world of Sports marketing as Sportfive’s new VP Digital Services working on digital fan engagement, digital sponsoring and digital hospitality inititiaves with both, rightsholders and brands.

Exercise Physiologist

Current affiliation: Department of Biomedical Engineering and School of Public Health, Tel Aviv University, Israel.

Past positions:

Founder and Director, Sylvan Adams High Performance Sports Institute, Tel Aviv University.

Head. Tel Aviv University Sports Center, Siim School for Coaches and Instructors.

Head. The Unit of Physical Education and Sports, Bar-Ilan University, Israel.

Head of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Program. The Zinman College for Physical Education and Sport, Wingate Institute.

Founder and Director, Biomedical Technology Innovation Program, Tel Aviv University.

Israel,s Olympic Committee Scientific Director. Expert in exercise
physiology.

Responsible for managing the Israeli Olympic Committee's scientific processes and creating strategic collaborations with professional and academic bodies.

Yossi leads the marketing at Pixellot for the last 5 years. He comes with a strong background in online marketing and content specializing in media and advertising. Yossi is an MBA Graduate from Tel Aviv University

This is the second year that I work in the Israel Sailing Association with the women's and men's windsurfing teams in the iQFoil model. My role in the association is to develop and implement methods and means in order to improve the sailing technique and optimize the sailing equipment.

Or Briga (Forbes 30 under 30) is the CEO & Co-founder of NOVOS.gg, the leading online training framework for gamers who wish to pursue their dreams and take their gaming skills to the next level.

Before his academic studies, Or lived a couple of years in Hong Kong, where he worked as a security team leader and as an amateur Esports team manager during his spare time.

Or holds a dual bachelor's degree in Law (LL.B) and Government (B.A.) from the Reichman University, and took part in the prestigious Zell Entrepreneurship Program.

Guy is an interactive entertainment serial entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience in interactive media. Guy serves as a volunteering Chairman of the Israeli digital games association, GameIS and as EVP of Business development at Anzu.io 

Guy worked with innovative teams in fortune 500 companies as well as startups all around the world, such as Oculus, Epson, Qualcomm as well The Coca Cola company and many startups . Guy co-founded Side-kick games, a leading game production house, creating games for new platforms with clients such as Google, Intel, Rovio, DeNA,
LeapMotion and Primesense and co-founded Double Fusion, a leader in the in-game advertising space.