Howard Smith 
​Vice President 
Business Development 

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leadership & Management

Rick Ekstein 
​Partner

Dr. Ilan Kessler
​General Partner
​Awz X-Seed​

Ilan Azouri
​Venture Partner

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

Josh Gutenberg 
​Principal
​Finance & Compliance​

Ilana Gross
​Office Manager
​Awz X-Seed

Avi Libman 
​Principal
Technology & Operations

David Amsalem
​Former Senior Intelligence Officer 
 

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.

Dame Stella Rimington DCB
​Former MI5 Director General 

Peter Tanenbaum
​Investment Professional ​

Jonathan Yaari
​General Partner
​Awz Ventures III​

Lt. Gen. (Ret) Michael Day
Former CAF Special Operations Commander
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Professional team

Isoken Akpata 
​Financial Analyst

Itai Rotem
​Finance Manager
​Awz X-Seed

Joshua Goldman
​Early-Stage Investment ​

Howard Tanenbaum
​Partner​

Kenny Finkelstein
​Partner​​

Roni Alsheich
​General Partner
​Awz X-Seed​

Dr. Tahel Altman 
​MedTech

Dr. Amira Sharon 
​Chief Technology Officer
Awz X-Seed

Yaron Ashkenazi
​Founder
Managing Partner

Michael Shapiro
​Investment Professional ​

Katherine Verrier-Fréchette
​Managing Director
​UAE​

Erez Kreiner 
​Venture Partner;
Cyber Security Domain Expert

STrategic advisors & venture partners

Smart Capital. Driving Innovation & Excellence. 

Ross Johnson
​Former Senior Intelligence Officer

Roni Rabinian
​ Analyst      
​Awz Ventures III

David Posluns
​Partner

Dr. Uriel Cohen
​General Partner
​Awz X-Seed​

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

Dr. Michal Arad
Technology Horizons

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

Andrey Liaskovets
​Business Analyst​
​Awz X-Seed

Daniel Mak
​General Partner 
​Strategic Growth

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Michael Kaplan
​Executive Assistant

James Woolsey 
​Former CIA Director​ 

Nadav Katzir 
Portfolio Manager
​Awz X-Seed​

Ilana Schwartz
​Senior Copywriter

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West Jackson
​Senior Director 
Business Development 

Richard Fadden
​Former CSIS Director​​

Buck Revell 
​Former FBI Associate Deputy Director​

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

Nigel Meir
​Venture Partner

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Nadine Miller
​Engineering & Mining Executive​​

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

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