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Mr. Shamir has been a Director of Orckit since October 1995. Mr. Shamir has served as the Chairman of the Board of Israel Aircraft Industries since July 2005. He served as the Chairman of the Board of EL-AL Airlines from May 2004 until January 2005. He served as the Chairman of VCON Telecommunications Ltd. an Israeli technology company listed on Le Nouveau Marche in France from 2001 to 2005. He also served as its Chief Executive Officer from 1998 to 2004. Since April 2000 Mr. Shamir has also served as chairman of Catalyst Investment L.P. an Israeli venture capital firm. From July 1995 through February 1997 Mr. Shamir served as the Executive Vice President of The Challenge Fund LLP the general partner of the Challenge Fund-Etgar L.P. From December 1993 to July 1995 he served as the Chief Executive Officer of Elite Food Industries Ltd. Mr. Shamir served as Executive Vice President and general manager of Israel operations of Scitex Corporation Ltd. from February 1988 through December 1994. Mr. Shamir is a director of Mercury Interactive Corp. DSP Group Corporation and the Chairman of Shamir Optical Industry Ltd. Mr. Shamir holds a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the Technion and has served on the board of governors of the Technion since 1993. | 