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Martin Gerstel has been chairman of Compugen since 1997. In addition, he serves as chairman of two Compugen affiliated companies, Evogene Ltd and Keddem Bioscience, and is a co-founder and co-chairman of Itamar Medical (an Israeli based medical device company). Prior to relocating to Israel in 1994, Mr. Gerstel was co-chairman and CEO of ALZA Corporation, which he helped found in 1968. He currently serves as a director of Yissum Ltd, Yeda Ltd and the US Foundation for the National Medals of Science and Technology. Mr. Gerstel is a member of the Board of Governors and Executive Committee of the Weizmann Institute of Science and the Board of Governors of the Hebrew University. He is also an advisor to the Burrill Life Sciences Fund and the board of the Israel-U.S. Bi-national Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) Foundation. Mr. Gerstel holds a B.S. from Yale University and an MBA from Stanford University. | 