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About BGN

For tech companies that seek a competitive edge - and a business-oriented university.

By focusing on speed to market, flexibility, and long-term partnerships,
we connect BGU technologies to industry leaders in Israel and around the world.
We also emphasize connecting companies with early-stage research and deep
expertise, resulting in not only solutions, but also sustainable pipelines of new
ideas and platforms for technology.

How we meet the needs of business when advancing discoveries:

  • As a wholly owned subsidiary company of BGU, we retain operational control and engage in timely strategic decision making.
  • We are a single point of contact for both industry and BGU researchers.
  • Our team is comprised of business experts with significant industry experience.

Whether your company needs to solve a process challenge, create a new product, or keep on top of emerging opportunities, we’re confident the answer can be found at BGN.

We encourage you to get in touch and discuss your business needs at bgn@bgu.ac.il or +972-8-6983030

Board of Directors

Gil Weiser
Prof. Daniel Chamovitz
Hanan Shahaf
David Federman
Prof. Raz Jelinek
Prof. Dan Blumberg
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Gil Weiser
Gil Weiser, Chairman of the Board
As Chair of BGN Board, Gil also serves as Chairman of MDA net and Israeli Friends of Magen David Adom. Gil has a distinguished career, incl. Haifa Univ. Executive Board Chair and Israel Stock Exchange Board roles. Gil served as CEO at Digital Corp. Israel, Fibronics, HP Israel and Orsus solution co., and as Chairman/Director in high-tech companies incl. Fundtech, Clicksoftware, Attunity and Formula Systems. Gil holds M.Sc. from Univ. of Minnesota and B.Sc. from Technion
Prof. Daniel Chamovitz
Professor Daniel Chamovitz
Professor Daniel Chamovitz, President of Ben-Gurion University, earned his PhD from Hebrew University and did postdoctoral research at Yale. The distinguished scientist founded centers on food security and sustainability, and authored the acclaimed book "What a Plant Knows." Chamovitz serves on boards of ICIPE and industry firms, held visiting scientist roles, and pioneered research impacting agriculture and health.
Hanan Shahaf
Hanan Shahaf, MBA
Founded and managed Rosh Tov Software Industries, a publicly traded company 1982 until 2011. About five years later, it was sold to Magic, a subsidiary of Formula Group. Hanan still serves as the CEO of Rosh Tov. He holds a degree in Engineering from Ben-Gurion University and an MBA from Kellogg Business school & Tel Aviv University. He is married to Eti, a father to six children, and a grandfather to 12 grandchildren
David Federman
David Federmann
David Federmann has served in various management capacities at Federmann Enterprises LTD. since 2000. He currently serves as chair of the board of Elbit systems LTD, Freiberger compound materials  and as a member of the boards of directors of Dan Hotels, and several other private companies. David Federmann holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and philosophy from New York University.
Prof. Raz Jelinek
Prof. Raz Jelinek
Prof. Jelinek is the VP and Dean for R&D of Ben Gurion University and on the faculty of the Dept. of Chemistry. Raz holds a PhD from University of California, Berkeley. He held Visiting Professor positions at the University of Pennsylvania, Johns Hopkins University, Jilin University (China), and NYU Shanghai (China). Prof. Jelinek has published around 250 scientific articles, wrote four textbooks, and has over 20 patents. Raz also co-founded two startup companies.
Prof. Dan Blumberg
Prof. Dan G. Blumberg
Prof. Dan G. Blumberg is the Chairman of the Israel Space Agency and Vice President for Regional and Industrial Development at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, where he also holds the Simon Family Chair in Remote Sensing. Prior to his current positions, Prof. Blumberg served from 2014 to 2019 as the Vice-President and Dean for Research and Development at the University.
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Hanna Pri-Zan
Hanna Pri-Zan serves as the Board of Directors Chair for "The Israel Experience". She has decades of local and global capital markets experience as part of the Bank Hapoalim management team. She sits in the board of publicly traded companies and is active in social organizations, incl. the Cycling Association, Friends of Magen David Adom, and Friends of the Israel Museum. Hanna is dedicated to promoting financial education and advancing women to senior leadership roles.

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