Mr. Zami Aberman is Chairman of the Board. He joined Pluri in September 2005, and redirected the Company’s strategy towards cellular therapeutics to become one of the global leaders in the industry. Mr. Aberman’s vision to use the maternal portion of the placenta as a cell source for Pluri’s products, combined with Pluri’s 3D culturing technology, led to the development of the Company’s unique therapies. In 2013 the World Stem Cells Regenerative Medicine Congress ranked Mr. Aberman as one of the 50 most influential people in the stem cells space. Prior to Pluri, Mr. Aberman had a 30-year career as a senior executive in the high-tech industry with multiple companies in Israel, the U.S., Europe, Japan and Korea. Previous roles include Chairman of VLScom Ltd., a private company specializing in video compression for HDTV and video over IP; Director of Ori Software Ltd., a company involved in data management; President and CEO of Elbit Vision Systems (EVSNF.OB), which supplies inspection systems for the microelectronics industry; President and CEO of Netect Ltd., a company specializing in the field of internet security software; Co-Founder, President and CEO of Associative Computing Ltd., which developed an associative parallel processor for real-time video processing; Chairman of Display Inspection Systems Inc., a company specializing in laser based inspection machines; and President and CEO of Robomatix Technologies Ltd. (RBMXF.OB). In addition to his current role at Pluri, Mr. Aberman serves as the Chairman of Rose Hitech Ltd., a private investment company in 1992, Mr. Aberman was awarded the Rothschild Prize for excellence in his field from the President of the State of Israel. Mr. Aberman holds a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from Ben Gurion University in Israel.