The Management team

Ed Hofland, Chairman of Board

Mr. Hofland holds the position of chairman at Ardag, a $25 million aquaculture company in Eilat. Mr. Hofland previously served in various managerial positions, including the management of the Southern Arava Regional Agricultural Research Station of the Agriculture Ministry and the management of a unified group of enterprises owned jointly by ten communities in the Arava area, specializes in packaging and marketing agricultural produce.

Hagay Tzur, CEO

Mr. Tzur has more than 23 years of varied industrial management experience at all levels. Prior to joining AlgaTech, Mr. Tzur served for 10 years as the CEO of Davik, a world renowned company producing self-adhesive tapes and as VP of a private start-up incubator company.

Efrat Kat, International Marketing Manager

Mrs. Kat holds an MBA and a BSc degree in chemistry from Tel-Aviv University. She has vast experience in international sales and marketing management at the chemicals, specialty ingredients and cosmetics industries. Prior to joining AlgaTech, Mrs. Kat served as the CEO of a start - up company in the field of natural active ingredients to the food, nutrition and cosmetics industries

Dr. Amir Drory, Director of Product & Application Development

Dr. Drory holds PhD in plant physiology and biochemistry from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He served as the director of Research and Development of AlgaTech for four years. During the last 14 years, Dr. Drory held leading positions in start-up companies in advanced agriculture and biotechnology. Prior to joining AlgaTech, Dr. Drory managed a private company engaged in the cultivation of microalgae in closed systems for the production of biochemicals for food and nutraceutical applications.

Mike Harris, Quality Assurance Manager.

Mr. Harris is a graduate of the Israeli Standards Institute Quality Assurance program. Prior to joining AlgaTech, Mr. Harris held various management positions including CEO of Kibbutz Ketura and general manager of the Ketura branch of a large successful irrigation company.

Noah Morris, CFO

Mr. Morris has served in the position of CFO of AlgaTech since March 2003. He holds an M.A. degree in statistics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and is an Israel certified chartered accountant. Mr. Morris has vast experience as CFO of several kibbutzim and serves as an accountant for several NGOs.