Overview

Gender

male

Pekelman became a member of the Taro Board of Directors and Audit Committee in August 2011, Chairman of the Special Committee in November 2011 and the Stock Option Committee in March 2012. Professor Pekelman is currently Chairman of Atera Networks Ltd., as well as Gilon Investments.

He lectures at the Arison School of Business of the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Herzliya, Israel, serves on the Board of Directors of the IDC and is Chairman of the IDC Corporation, the center’s economic arm.

Professor Pekelman served as a senior consultant to Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. from 1985 to 2008 and also founded and ran a leading, Israeli-based management-consulting firm, P.O.C. Ltd. Professor Pekelman served on the Board of Directors of several large industrial corporations, including Koor Industries Ltd. and served for 22 years on the Board of Directors of Makhteshim Agan Industries Ltd.

Professor Pekelman was also a member of the advisory committee of the Bank of Israel.

He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago and a B.S. from the Technion, Israeli Institute of Technology. Professor Pekelman is a published author writing on various aspects of business operations.