Kenny Finkelstein
​Partner​​

Howard Smith 
​Vice President 
Business Development 

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leadership & Management

Richard Fadden
​Former CSIS Director​​

Andrey Liaskovets
​Business Analyst​
​Awz X-Seed

Ilana Schwartz
​Senior Copywriter

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Haim Tomer
​​Venture Partner
​Former Mossad Intelligence
​Division​ Director
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Ambassador (Ret.) Yuval Rotem
​Former Director-General Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Israel

Avi Libman 
​Principal
Technology & Operations

Edward Sonshine 
​Founding Partner
​Chairman of the Board

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Patrice E. Merrin 
​Multinational Executive ​

Awz management & advisors include successful venture capital professionals, former directors and senior executives from Israeli and global security and intelligence agencies (Mossad, ISA, CIA, FBI, MI5, CSIS, CAF), and industry experts from our portfolio companies’ targeted sectors.

Ilan Azouri
​Venture Partner

Yaron Ashkenazi
​Founder
Managing Partner

Lt. Gen. (Ret) Michael Day
Former CAF Special Operations Commander
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Roni Rabinian
​ Analyst      
​Awz Ventures III

Uriel Cohen
​General Partner
​Awz X-Seed​

Ofer Simchony
​Head of ​Strategic ​Partnerships Awz X-Seed

Ilan Kessler
​General Partner
​Awz X-Seed​

Josh Gutenberg 
​Principal
​Finance & Compliance​

Ilana Gross
​Office Manager
​Awz X-Seed

David Amsalem
​Former Senior Intelligence Officer 
 

Brig. Gen. (Ret) Ehud Schneorson
Venture Partner; ​Former Unit 8200 Commander

David Posluns
​Partner

Nadine Miller
​Engineering & Mining Executive​​

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James Woolsey 
​Former CIA Director​ 

Itai Rotem
​Finance Manager
​Awz X-Seed

Dame Stella Rimington DCB
​Former MI5 Director General 

Rick Ekstein 
​Partner

The Rt. Hon. Stephen Harper
​Partner, President of the Advisory Committee

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Gary Barnea
​Former ISA Protection & Security ​Division Director​

STrategic advisors & venture partners

Isoken Akpata 
​Financial Analyst

Buck Revell 
​Former FBI Associate Deputy Director​

Professional team

Nadav Katzir 
Portfolio Manager
​Awz X-Seed​

Michael Shapiro
​Investment Professional ​

Howard Tanenbaum
​Partner​

Katherine Verrier-Fréchette
​Managing Director
​UAE​

Nigel Meir
​Venture Partner

Michael Kaplan
​Executive Assistant

West Jackson
​Senior Director 
Business Development 

Joshua Goldman
​Early-Stage Investment ​

Jonathan Yaari
​General Partner
​Awz Ventures III​

Peter Tanenbaum
​Investment Professional ​

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Ross Johnson
​Former Senior Intelligence Officer

Erez Kreiner 
​Ventures I&II Manager, Israel;
Cyber Security Domain Expert

Roni Alsheich
​General Partner
​Awz X-Seed​

Smart Capital. Driving Innovation & Excellence. 

Daniel Mak
​General Partner 
​Strategic Growth

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