Board of Directors

Noam Shamay
The founder of OVALUM, Experienced R&D professional in the field of coronary medical devices, with proven ability to build a solid and successful team and years of experience managing large projects in the field with Medinol Ltd. a leading stents and delivery systems manufacturer.

Eitan Finkelstein
Experienced financing Professional with over 20 years of practical experience in financial planning, owner of several companies and plants for treating special alloys and unique metals.

Tomer Kariv
Mr. Tomer Kariv The CEO of Pontifax Fund, founded in 2004 by Eli Hurvitz, Chairman and former CEO of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries.
For the past 10 years, Mr. Kariv has played a key role in investing, managing and nurturing technology driven companies and startups.
Prior to Pontifax, from 2000 to 2002, Mr. Kariv served as a co-managing partner in STI Ventures, an international early-stage technology investment company, From 1995 to 2000, Mr. Kariv served as Executive Vice President for Shrem Fudim Kelner Investment House. In this capacity, he was the sole manager of international, private equity investment funds with over $100 million under management. Previously, Mr. Kariv was Director in Polaris I, one of Israel‘s top VC performers, and a co-founder of Polaris II (currently Pitango), Israel‘s largest VC fund. Prior to joining the business arena, Mr. Kariv practiced law with Sullivan & Cromwell, a leading corporate law firm in New York City. Mr. Kariv holds a BA in Economics from Harvard University and a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School.

Eitan Machover
Eitan Machover joined the GE Corporate Audit Staff in 1989, spending three years working with various GE businesses, and later joining GE Capital Corporate Finance Group as a Valuation and Portfolio Manager. In 1994, Mr. Machover moved to Europe and held a number of business development positions with GE Capital in The UK and Israel. In 1997, he moved to GE Medical Systems in Paris as a Manager of Business Development. In this position, he initiated the GE Medical Systems acquisition activities of Healthcare Services companies and their integration into GE.  Mr. Machover served on the board of GE Medical Systems Israel, Ltd. as well as several other medical portfolio companies.  In May 1999, he was appointed National Executive for GE Corporate in Israel with responsibilities for the company’s overall operations and growth in the country.
In 2003 Eitan started Meditech Advisors, LLC with a number of GE colleagues. Meditech has been involved in advising and funding a number of Healthcare companies and are now operating as Private Equity fund under the name of Ziegler Meditech Equity Partners.

David Ben Ami
Mr. Ben-Ami has more than 15 years of experience with activities in management, business development and corporate strategy in the life sciences industry.
Mr. Ben-Ami is currently the CEO of NVR Labs Inc., a pre-clinical stage adult stem cell company engaged in developing a composite implant for spinal cord injuries. Previously, Mr. Ben-Ami was Country Director of Boston Scientific Israel, and Director of Business Development of Teva Israel. Mr. Ben-Ami serves as a board member in Meytav Technological Incubator, winner of the 2005 outstanding incubator award, and in several other medical device companies. He received his MBA degree and BA in Economics & Management from Tel-Aviv University.