Dan Amiram

Chairman of the Audit Committee
Member of the Nominations and Corporate Governance Committee

Dan Amiram is a Professor of Accounting, Taxation and Business Law at Columbia Business School of Columbia University. He has won multiple awards for teaching and research, including the Columbia Business School Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching. He has several publications in finance and accounting academic journals to his credit and has made numerous presentations at top universities and financial institutions around the world. A respected consultant on national and international financial matters, he is repeatedly asked by corporations, financial institutions, government and the media (including the Wall Street Journal and Forbes magazine) to provide advice as an expert on accounting, finance, business and taxation issues. Dr. Amiram serves, and has served, as director and chairman of the audit and/or finance committees on several boards, including as director and chairman of the audit and finance committee of the financial technology company Opportunity Network. He was part of the controller’s team for Makhteshim Agan Industries (MAIN-TLV), the largest generic agrochemical company in the world, and was a senior auditor at PriceWaterhouseCoopers. Dr. Amiram holds a Master in Economics and Bachelor in Accounting and Economics degrees from Ben Gurion University, as well as a doctorate in Business from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Amiram is also a Certified Public Account (C.P.A) in Israel. Dr. Harris introduced Dr. Amiram to the Nominations and Corporate Governance Committee as a potential new Board member. The Board determined that he satisfied the independence and other composition requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) and Nasdaq and as an “audit committee financial expert” under Item 407(d)(5) of Regulation S-K and has the requisite accounting or related financial expertise required by applicable Nasdaq rules. Dr. Amiram was selected to serve on the Company’s board and as the chairman of the audit committee because of his 15 years financial and international business experience and his background in national and international finance, accounting and taxation matters.