At CFO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top Israel based CFO’ operating in the Biotechnology space. If you think a CFO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.

Tsipi Kagan
CFO of Equinom
Tsipi Kagan is a veteran of fast-growing, international, private and public companies. Tsipi previously served as CFO of the technology firms Ceragon, Xjet, and Radvision. At afimilk, she manages financing and accounting operations, ensuring that management has the necessary financial resources, controls, and information to maximize company performance. In addition to these activities, which include financing, reporting, budget planning, monitoring and control, Tsipi oversees international regulatory and tax compliance.
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About Equinom: Equinom is food-tech company, combining agricultural know-how, culinary expertise and deep-tech to develop non-GMO plant-based ingredients.

Simcha Rock
Chief Financial Officer of Kitov Pharmaceuticals
Mr. Rock has served as CFO since July 2013. Prior to joining Kitov, Mr. Rock was a private equity manager at Edmond de Rothschild Private Equity Management, a firm specializing in the management of venture capital and other private equity investment funds, from 2000 until 2011. In that capacity, he was responsible for all financial, legal and administrative matters for several investment funds. Before that, Mr. Rock held financial management positions at Intel Electronics, The Jerusalem College of Technology, and JC Technologies.
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About Kitov Pharmaceuticals: Kitov Pharmaceuticals is an innovative biopharmaceutical drug development company.
Julian Levy
President and CFO of Vaxil BioTherapeutics
Julian Levy is a biotech entrepreneur with particular expertise in the development of early stage biotech companies. As CEO of Biokine Therapeutics from (2000 -2005) he oversaw the company’s growth from an incubator company to receiving institutional investment and indeed licensing its first product to a European public biotechnology company. Following this, he became COO at CellGuide Ltd. Prior to moving to Israel, he was a management consultant with Datamonitor Strategic Consultants in London and New York. He has a law degree from Cambridge University, UK.
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About Vaxil BioTherapeutics: Vaxil BioTherapeutics is a clinical stage company developing a new class of synthetic therapeutic and preventive vaccines.

Mark Gengrinovitch
CFO & Co-Founder of BioSight
Mark Gengrinovitch is the V.P RD of Saturas. He has a bachelor’s degree in Law at Ono Academic College.
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About BioSight: Innovative Cancer Targeted Pro-Drugs.
Roy Golan
Executive Vice President and CFO of BioSight
Roy Golan is the Executive Vice President and CFO of BioSight.
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About BioSight: Innovative Cancer Targeted Pro-Drugs.

Adi Sapir
Chief Financial Officer of MediCane Health
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About MediCane Health: MediCane Health is a pharmaceutical company that provides innovative and high-quality Medical Cannabis medications to patients.

Shai Lankry
Chief Financial Officer of Gamida Cell
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About Gamida Cell: Gamida Cell is an advanced cell therapy company committed to finding cures for patients with blood cancers and serious blood diseases.
Alon Hirsch
CFO & COO of RondinX
Alon Hirsch is an experienced CFO and COO with a focus on strategy and corporate development.
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About Healthymize, InnovaShell, RondinX, Voyage81: RondinX builds a drug discovery platform that develops solutions in the microbiome therapeutic and companion diagnostic spaces.

Amos Shattner
CFO and Co-founder of HealthWatch Technologies
Amos has more than 30 years of managerial experience in the global traditional and hi-tech industries. He served as Director, CEO, CFO and EVP Sales & Marketing of international companies, including Nilit Ltd. (a global manufacturer of specialized textile yarns), Sapiens (NASDAQ: SPNS), Varicom communications, Telem Teufa and others. Amos was one of the founders of PAnGO (international cellular parking leader). Amos is a co-founder of Yoramos Ltd. and currently he serves as a Director of several companies. Amos holds a B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering from the Technion and an MBA from Tel-Aviv University.
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About HealthWatch Technologies, Hip Hope Technologies: HealthWatch Technologies is a medical device technology company that produces fashionable, seamless knitting, and smart-digital garments.
Eli Gendler
Chief Financial Officer of NLT SPINE
CPA Eli Gendler has served as NLT SPINE Chief Financial Officer since November 2012. He has over 15 years of experience as a chief financial officer, both in large international organizations and start-up companies. Since 2010, Mr. Gendler has been providing CFO services to start-up companies through Cfoservices.co.il. Mr. Gendler served as the CFO of the several public companies as Vocaltec (CALL), Cimatron (CIMT), and other. Mr. Gendler started his career as an audit manager at KPMG Israel. He is a Certified Public Accountant (Israel) and has a BA in accounting and economics from Tel Aviv University and an MA in law from Bar-Ilan University in Israel
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About NLT SPINE: NLT SPINE develops minimally invasive spinal surgery products for the treatment of degenerative spinal conditions.

Liat Hadad Simhayoff
CFO of HBL Hadasit Bio Holdings
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About HBL Hadasit Bio Holdings: HBL Hadasit Bio Holdings is the medical research center of the Hadassah University Hospital.

Liat Hadad Simhayoff
CFO of HBL Hadasit Bio Holdings
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About HBL Hadasit Bio Holdings: HBL Hadasit Bio Holdings is the medical research center of the Hadassah University Hospital.

Amir Hasidim
CFO of Gefen Biomed Investments
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About Gefen Biomed Investments: Gefen Biomed Investments engages in the location, screening, and investment in early-stage biotechnology and medical technology companies.