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Management
Rafi Amit has served as our CEO since 1998 and as Chairman of the Board of Directors since 1987. Since 1981, Mr. Amit has also served as the President and director of Priortech and has been the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Priortech since 1988. Yotam Stern, Executive Vice President, Business & Strategy, has previously served as CFO of Camtek and Priortech. Moshe Amit, Executive Vice President, previously served as the President of PCE, an affiliated company based in New Jersey, which, until 2001, sold and serviced PCBs and AOI systems.
Rafi Amit

Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer
Rafi Amit has served as our Chief Executive Officer since January 1998 and has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors since 1987. Since 1981, Mr. Amit has also served as the President and director of Priortech and has been the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Priortech since 1988. From 1981 until 2004, Mr. Amit served as Priortech’s Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Amit has a B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering and Management from Technion - Israel Institute of Technology.

Yotam Stern 

Executive Vice President, Business & Strategy and Director
Yotam Stern has served as an executive of ours since January 1998 and since February 2001 has served as our Executive Vice President, Business & Strategy. He has also served as a member of our Board of Directors since 1987. From January 1998 until February 2001, Mr. Stern served as our Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Stern has also served as the Chief Financial Officer of Priortech since 1981 and as Priortech’s Chief Executive Officer since 2004 as well as serving as a director of Priortech since 1985. Mr. Stern has a B.A. in Economics from Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Gabriela Heller*

Director
Gabriela Heller has served on our Board of Directors since September 2006. Ms. Heller has an extensive financial experience as an accountant, Chief Financial Officer and internal controller. Currently Ms. Heller serves as Chief Financial Officer of Walden Israel Ltd., which is the management company of Walden Israel Ventures, various venture capital funds operating in Israel. From 1989 to 1994 Ms. Heller served as Manager with Kost Forer & Gabbay - Ernst & Young Israel, one of the leading accounting firms in Israel. In addition, from 1998 to 2000 Ms. Heller served as Internal Controller to Vilar International Ltd., traded on TASE. Ms. Heller is currently serving also on the Board of Directors of Kerur Holdings Ltd, traded on TASE. From 2004 until 2007 she served on the board of directors of Electra Consumer Products Ltd., from 1999 to 2003 Ms. Heller served on the Board of Directors of Priortech Ltd., and from 2000 to 2003 served on the Board of Directors of One1 Products Ltd. Ms. Heller is a CPA (Israel), holds a B.A. in accounting and Economics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, School of Business Administration, and an LL.M from Bar Ilan University, Faculty of Law.

Rafi Koriat* 

Director 
Rafi Koriat has served on our Board of Directors since September 2006. Mr. Koriat has extensive experience as Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and Board member in the fields of semiconductor assembly and processing equipment, optical network components and related emerging fields. Prior to his present position as founder and CEO of Korel Business Ltd., which specializes in strategic positioning and guiding high tech companies and management, Mr. Koriat was CEO of Lambda Crossing engaged in the manufacturing of optical components for networks (2001-2006) and Founder and CEO of Steag CVD Systems (1992-2001). Previously, he worked for 20 years (1972 -1992) at Kulicke and Soffa Industries Inc. in the United States and Israel as Corporate Vice President for Engineering and Technology, Corporate Director for Business and Marketing and Division Manager. Mr. Koriat is also the founder and chairman of the Sub Micron Semiconductor Consortium and OptiPac Consortium (optical communication networks), under the Israel Chief Scientist Magnet program. Mr. Koriat holds a B.Sc. from the Technion Israel Institute of Technology, an M.Sc. from Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and completed an Executive Management Program at Stanford University.

Eran Bendoly

Director
Eran Bendoly has served on our Board of Directors since November 2000. Currently Mr. Bendoly serves as the Chief Financial Officer of Personeta Inc., a leading developer of converged service creation and application solutions. From 2003 to 2006, Mr. Bendoly served as the Chief Executive Officer of Xenia Management Ltd., which is the managing partner of Xenia Ventures LP, a limited partnership that operates a technological incubator in Kiryat Gat, Israel. From 2000 to 2002, Mr. Bendoly served as Director of Finance for Europe, Middle East & Africa of Mindspeed Technologies, Inc., a U.S based fabless semiconductor manufacturer. From 1998 to 2000, Mr. Bendoly served as Chief Financial Officer of Novanet Semiconductor Ltd., and, from 1996 to 1998, he served as Vice President, Finance and Operations of Novacom Technologies Ltd. Mr. Bendoly holds a B.A. from Hebrew University of Jerusalem and an M.B.A. from KU Leuven University of Belgium.

Mira Rosenzweig

Chief Financial Officer
Mira Rosenzweig has been employed by us since September 2008 as our Chief Financial Officer. Previously, Ms. Rosenzweig served as Director of Finance and in various other positions for Elron Electronic Industries Ltd., from 2001 to 2008. Ms. Rosenzweig holds a B.A in Economics and Accounting from Haifa University - Israel. Ms. Rosenzweig has been a licensed CPA since 2000.

Miri Saar

Vice President – Human Resources
Miri Saar has been employed by us since March 2005 as Vice President Human Resources. Previously, Ms. Saar served as HR Manager for Conexant Systems Israel from 2001 to 2005, prior to which she served in other senior positions in several high-tech companies in Israel. Ms Saar has a BA in English and Applied Linguistics from Tel-Aviv University, Israel, and is also a registered mediator at the Ministry of Justice.

Nir Dery

Vice President, Marketing
Nir Dery joined Camtek in January 2001 and since then held various positions in the Company, including Project Manager and Marketing Manager- PCB Division. Prior to joining Camtek, Mr. Dery worked at PCB Technologies  Ltd.  as a department manager. Mr. Dery holds B.Sc. in material engineering and B.A. in Physics from the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology.

Moshe Grencel

Vice President, Operations
Moshe Grencel has been employed by us since January 2007, as Vice President Operations. Between 2004 and 2006 Mr. Grencel served as the Executive Vice President of Supply Chain of Delta Galil, a leading company in the underwear textile industry. From 2001 until 2004, Mr. Grencel served as Senior Vice President Operations of Lumenis, a medical lasers manufacturer. From 1983 until 2000, Mr. Grencel held various executive positions with Elscint Ltd., a diagnostic medical equipment manufacturer. Mr. Grencel has a B.Sc. in Industrial Management from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology.

Gilad Golan

Vice President, Research and Development

Gilad Golan has been employed by the Company since November 2006 as R&D Manager for Micro Electronics Division, and since February 2009 as Camtek's R&D Division Manager. Between 2005 and November 2006, Mr. Golan served as Chief Executive Officer of Ellumina Vision Ltd., a start-up in the semiconductor equipment industry. From 2000 until 2005, Mr. Golan was the General Manager of Accretech Israel, the R&D site of Accretech (TSK) for wafer inspection. Prior to that, Mr. Golan held various managerial positions with Accretech Israel and Opal Technologies, both semiconductor inspection and metrology equipment manufacturers. Mr. Golan holds a B.Sc. and a M.Sc. in electrical engineering from Ben-Gurion University and MEI (Master of Entrepreneurial Innovation) from ISEMI/Swinburne University of Technology.

Michael Lev

Vice President, Intellectual Property
Michael Lev has been employed by us since 1994 and serves as our Vice President, Intellectual Property, since April 2007. From 1994 until April 2007 Mr. Lev held various positions with the Company, in the printed circuit board and semiconductor manufacturing and packing areas. Mr. Lev has a M.Sc. in Electrical Communication from Azerbaijan Polytechnic Institute.

Roni Flieswasser

Chief Technology Officer and President of Camtek Europe
Roni Flieswasser established our European branch in September 1995, prior to the establishment of Camtek Europe NV. Prior to joining Camtek, Mr. Flieswasser worked with AOI systems at Orbotech, and was a partner for four years in a software company specializing in business applications.

Roy Porat

GM Camtek Ltd. and President of Camtek USA
Roy Porat serves as GM Camtek Ltd. and President of our U.S. subsidiary, Camtek USA Inc., since March 2008. Previously, he has served as President of Camtek Hong Kong since September 2003. From 2001 until September 2003, Mr. Porat served as President of Camtek USA, Inc. From 1999 to 2000, Mr. Porat served as the Chief Executive Officer of Aeronautics Ltd. From 1994 to 1999, Mr. Porat served in various executive positions at our affiliate, PCB Technologies. Mr. Porat has a B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering from Technion - Israel Institute of Technology.

Aharon Sela

President of Camtek Hong Kong
Aharon Sela serves as President of Camtek Hong Kong since March 2008. Previously, from 2004 until March 2008, he served as V.P. Sales of the MEP Division at Camtek Europe and Camtek Hong Kong. From 2002 until 2004 Mr. Sela served as Manager of Camtek Japan and previously he served as Executive V.P. Sales and Marketing at Inspectech Ltd. (which was merged with Camtek in 2001). Mr. Sela holds a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Technion - Israel Institute of Technology.

*External directors (as such term is defined under Israeli Companies Law)
 
 
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