Neil Cohen

Neil Cohen served as interim CEO of Anchiano Therapeutics (NASDAQ: ANCN) from October 2020 until its merger with Chemomab in March 2021. He has served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Castel Partners Ltd. since January 2012. In 1994, he co-founded Israel Seed Partners, a leading venture capital firm, and managed the firm until 2019. Mr. Cohen has invested in and served on the boards of directors of many private technology companies, including a large number which were acquired or completed successful initial public offerings. He is a venture partner at SKY, an Israeli middle-market private equity firm, at Hetz Ventures Management Ltd., an early-stage Israeli venture capital fund, and Shavit Capital. Mr. Cohen was previously the Business Editor of The Jerusalem Post and began his career in the private equity group at the Rothschild Bioscience Unit of N M Rothschild & Sons Limited in London. Mr. Cohen received a B.A. and M.A., with first class honors, from Oxford University.