Evogene Appoints Ofer Haviv as President and CEO

01-Jun-2005

Evogene announced the appointment of Ofer Haviv as President and Chief Executive Officer. Previously, Haviv was the Company's Chief Operating and Financial Officer. Dr Hagai Karchi, who co-founded Evogene in 2002 with Dr Rafi Meissner and has served as CEO since that time, has been appointed Chief Scientific Officer.

In addition, the company announced a number of changes to its Board of Directors. Martin Gerstel, chairman of Compugen Ltd, the parent company of Evogene has been appointed Chairman, Leon Recanati, Chairman and CEO of GlenRock Israel has been elected a director, and Professor Ilan Chet, President of the Weizmann Institute, has been appointed as a special advisor to the Board.

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