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Dr. Michael J. Anghel became a director of Partner in March 2006. From 1977 to 1999 he led the Discount Investment Corporation Ltd. (of the IDB Group) activities in the fields of technology and communications. Dr. Anghel was instrumental in founding Tevel one of the first Israeli cable television operators and later in founding Cellcom the second Israeli cellular operator. In 1999 he founded CAP Ventures an advanced technology investment company. From 2004-2005 Dr. Anghel served as CEO of DCM the investment banking arm of the Israel Discount Bank. He has been involved in various technology enterprises and has served on the boards of various major Israeli corporations and financial institutions including Elron Elbit Nice Gilat American Israeli Paper Mills Maalot (the Israeli affiliate of Standard and Poor’s) and Hapoalim Capital Markets. He currently serves on the boards of Syneron Medical Ltd. ECI Telecom Ltd. and Scopus Ltd. Prior to launching his business career Dr. Anghel served as a full-time member of the Recanati Graduate School of Business Administration of the Tel Aviv University where he taught finance and corporate strategy. He currently serves as Chairman of the Tel Aviv University’s Executive Program. Dr. Anghel holds a B.A. (Economics) from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and an M.B.A. and Ph.D. (Finance) from Columbia University in New York. | 