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Gideon Chitayat, has served as a director since November, 2005. He is the chairman of General Management and Business Strategy Consultant (GMBS) Ltd. and served as its President and Chief Executive Officer from 1985 until 2004. Dr. Chitayat has served as a consultant to chief executive officers and to chairmen of boards of directors of several leading Israeli companies and entities in diversified fields in Israel. His main area of consultancy is competitive strategy. Dr. Chitayat currently serves on the board of directors of Bank Hapoalim and Teva-Israel, a subsidiary of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. Dr. Chitayat holds a Ph.D. and an M.A. in Business and Applied Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and a M.B.A. (with honors) and B.A. (in Economics) from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Dr. Chitayat has held numerous academic positions at leading business schools in the United States and Israel. Dr. Chitayat has published numerous articles and a book on corporate, boards of directors and business issues.nominees of GMM Capital LLC, pursuant to a Shareholders Agreement between GMM Capital and the Lautman Group concerning the election of directors.
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