Sarit Firon

Ms. Sarit Firon after joining Evogene’s Board of Directors in 2016, has been appointed as the Chairperson effective August 10th 2021.

Ms. Firon is a partner of the Team8 Group and managing partner of Team8 Capital, the investment arm of the group, which invests in and builds technology startups. Ms. Firon also serves as a Director on the Board of Perion Network Ltd. (NASDAQ: PERI). Previously, she was the managing partner of Cerca Partners, a Venture Capital, co-investment fund; Chief Executive Officer of Extreme Reality (XTR3D), a company that provides real time software-based, 3D motion capture technology, using a single standard webcam; held roles as Chief Financial Officer at each of Kenshoo, MediaMind (NSDQ: MDMD, acquired by DG corp.), Olive Software, P-Cube (acquired by Cisco) and Radcom. (NSDQ: RDCM).

Ms. Firon holds a BA degree in accounting and economics, and a Diploma in accounting advanced studies, both from Tel Aviv University.