Chairman of the Board

He has served as Chairman of our board of directors since January 2000. Since December 2003, Mr. Jacobson serves as managing partner, Head of Corporate Finance, in Poalim Capital Markets, the investment banking arm of Bank Hapoalim (Israel's largest bank).

From the year 2000 and until September 2003, Mr. Jacobson has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Bridge Investment House Ltd., an Israeli investment banking firm. Prior to that time, Mr. Jacobson was the general manager of Nechasim M. I. Ltd., an Israeli governmental company established for the purpose of engaging in the privatization of banks in Israel. Mr. Jacobson has a B.A. degree in Economics and Accounting from Tel-Aviv University.

CEO & Director

Shmuel is a founder of Crow Electronic Engineering and has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Crow Electronic Engineering since its inception in 1982.

Since 1999, Mr. Melman serves as our director and since 2003, Mr. Melman serves as our Chief Executive Officer.

Director

Has served as a member of our board of directors since December 2004. Mr. Silver is President and CEO of Kensington Capital Corporation a New York based stock brokerage firm with membership in the NASD. He has been involved in the investor and investment banking community since April 1983. He has both business and real estate holdings in the U.S. and Israel.

Independent Director 

Avi Zigelman was elected to serve as an external director by our shareholders on April 25, 2007. Mr. Zigelman also serves as the Chairman of our Audit Committee.

Since 2004 Mr. Zigelman is a financial advisor and serves as a director in the following companies: Plastro Irrigation Ltd., Phoenix Gemel Ltd., Tefron Ltd., Fox Vizel Ltd., Bram Industries Ltd, Migdal Capital Markets (1965) Ltd., Gindi Investments 1 Ltd., Milomor Trade & Communication Ltd. King Ltd., Osif Investments and Development Ltd., Ilex Medical Ltd., Simha Urieli and Sons Engineering and Contracting Company Ltd., P.M.S Group Ltd., Sialo Technology Israel Ltd and Pangaya Real Estate Ltd.

Since 2000 Mr. Zigelman is a member of the Professional Committee of the Israeli Accounting Standard Board. Mr. Zigelman served between 1996 and 2003 as a partner head of the professional practice department of KPMG Somekh Chaikin Accounting Firm in Tel Aviv.

Mr. Zigelman holds a B.A in Accounting and Economics, M.A in Business Economics and Post degree Accounting Studies – all from Tel Aviv University. Mr. Zigelman is a Certified Public Accountant in Israel.

Independent Non-Executive Director

James (Chaim) Farkas has served as an Independent Non-Executive Director (“Dachatz”) of the Board and a member of the Company’s Audit Committee since April 2009. 

James is the Founder and Principal of the boutique Investment and Advisory firm B&B Israel Ltd, having previously been the Investment Director in the Corporate & Structured Finance Group of the international bank and asset manager Babcock & Brown.

James has over 17 years’ international experience in corporate advisory, merchant banking, private equity investments and law, including in Australia, the UK and Israel.  He serves as a Director on a number of public and private company Boards.

James holds Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degrees from the University of New South Wales, and is admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, Australia.

V.P. Sales & Marketing Manager, Director 

Has served as director since August 2000 and has been Crow’s manager of marketing and sales since 1994.

Previously Ms. Bennoun has fulfilled numerous marketing positions including in the International Sales Division of Tadiran Telecommunications Ltd. between 1992 and 1994 and as a sales manager in Mennen Medical Ltd. from 1989 to 1991.

Ms. Bennoun is a graduate of the Institute of Political Studies in Paris, France and has an M.B.A. from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.

Director 

Mr. Slavin is currently serving as a senior lecturer in Jerusalem Talmudic College. Until 2002 Mr. Slavin has served as a CEO of several corporations engaged in the poultry industry.