Investor Relations

Dan Itzhaki is the CEO of Shomera Insurance Co. Ltd., one of the most profitable insurance companies in the Israeli market. Since 2017, Mr. Itzhaki has also served as a member of the board of directors at Menora Mivtachim Pension & Provident Funds Ltd. (a subsidiary of Menora Mivtachim Holdings Ltd) and the largest fund in Israel which manages NIS 200 B in assets. Mr. Itzhaki has a BA in business management, specializing in finance, computers and information systems from the College of Management Academic Studies and MA in Law from Bar-Ilan University.

Robert Kiesman is a private business owner and corporate lawyer who specialized in securities law and M&A at Stikeman Elliott LLP in Vancouver. He also served as Vice Chair of the board of the Provincial Health Services Authority, a public health authority in British Columbia with an annual budget of over $4 billion. He has years of experience as a public company director and officer, including as the former CEO and promoter of the company that merged with Beyond Oil. He has a law degree from the University of British Columbia and a BA in Political Studies from Trinity Western University.

Dr. Gad Penini is a CPA and has spent over 40 years as a managing partner of the CPA firm Penini & Penini. He is also an experienced arbitrator and mediator and provides consulting services regarding financial, managerial, corporate governance, internal control and strategy. He serves as a director and Chair of the Financial Committee and until recently was also the Chair of the Audit Committee of Amot Ltd., which is listed on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange. He has also served as chairman and a board member of several other public and private companies. Dr. Penini was deputy mayor of the City of Ramat HaSharon and has a PhD in Business Administration and a Master of Laws (LL.M) from Bar Ilan University, Israel, a Masters in Science of Finance (MSF) from Baruch College CUNY and a BA in Economics and a BA in Accounting from Tel Aviv University.

Hanadi Said has over 20 years’ experience in the field of business management, strategic consulting & risk management in Israel and the US. She is the co-founder and CEO of Sensai Networks Ltd., a startup providing machine learning based anomaly detection & prediction tool for hybrid cloud environments. Between 2004 and 2013, she was senior manager at Deloitte Israel, providing services to public company clients from various industries. Between 2002 and 2004, Hanadi was a senior auditor in PwC Boston. She graduated with a B. Commerce- Accounting from McGill University and has an MBA – Corporate Finance (with distinction) from Bentley University, USA. Hanadi is a US CPA (non-practicing), a certified internal auditor, and a certified risk manager (CRMA).

Dr. Tamir Gedo serves as the CEO of Beyond Oil. Dr. Gedo draws upon 25 years of experience as a marketing and business strategy expert serving in academic, government, and industry functions. Dr. Gedo’s extensive expertise in international marketing, branding, entrepreneurship, and business strategy has served him in his various leadership roles. He has contributed to a wide range of branding, strategic planning, and market penetration activities as a senior manager or executive director of major companies in a variety of industries, including the pharmaceutical industry. Dr. Gedo founded BOL Pharma and served as CEO and founding Board member, during his period he grew the company from four employees to become the largest cannabis company in Israel which owned around 40% market share. He served as executive director at Lundbeck Israel and Maccabi Healthcare which is the second largest health medical organization in Israel. As a consultant, Dr. Gedo provided services to companies in the medical, nutrition, and pharmaceutical industries. In addition to his business and consulting practice, Dr. Gedo has served as the head of the marketing department and other faculty positions of several colleges in Israel such as the Max Stern Yizrael Valley College and IDC Herzelia College and has guest lecturer in the Department of Business Administration of Shanghai University. He has taught undergraduate and graduate-level courses in global marketing, business strategy, innovation, and entrepreneurship. Dr. Gedo received his Ph.D. in Economics from Manchester Business School (UK) and an MBA from Ben Gurion University (Israel). He completed a B.Sc. in Molecular Biology at Bar Ilan University (Israel).

Jonathan Or is a co-Founder of Beyond Oil, currently serving as the Chief Marketing Officer and part of the executive team. Mr. Or is specialized in marketing and product management (Technion University) and AccounTech, Business Management at IDC University. He is also certificated as a board director by the Israeli Bar Association. He served as a captain in an elite technology unit in the IDF from 2012 to 2018. Mr. Or joined his father, Pinhas, and took part in the Beyond Oil invention process. Step by step, they have built Beyond Oil from a small lab in their garage to an innovative and breaking-through company. He has gained rich experience in the vegetable oils field, from the business aspect and the scientific aspect as well. As an entrepreneur, Jonathan has dealt with every issue at Beyond Oil, at the strategic and practical levels, including marketing, business development, R&D, patents, HR, fundraising, government grants and finance.