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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position
Elstein, Amir 54 2009 Chairman of the Board
Ellwanger, Russell 54 2008 Chief Executive Officer, Director and Chairman of Tower Semiconductor USA, Inc. and Jazz Technologies, Inc.
Shirazi, Oren 39 2004 Chief Financial Officer, Vice President - Finance
Edrei, Itzhak 50 2008 Executive Vice President of Business Groups, Corporate Strategy and Business Development, Marketing, Design Environment and R&D
Mor, Rafi 46 2008 Senior Vice President and General Manager of Jazz Semiconductor site, Newport Beach (California)
Koltin, Ephie 48 2009 Senior Vice President of Worldwide Operations
Fox, Charles 53 2008 Senior Vice President of Sales and Corporate Marketing
Somekh Gilboa, Nati 34 2008 Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary
Dahan, Dalit 41 2008 Vice President of Human Resources and IT
Gilad, Nir 52 2007 Director
Moskovitz, Ron 46 2007 Director
Flato, Ilan 53 2009 Independent and External Director
Kornhauser, Alex 63 2008 External and Independent Director
Kaufman, Kalman 64 2005 Independent Director
Guzman, Avraham 70 2009 Independent Director
Gross, Dana 42 2008 Independent Director
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Biographies

Name Description
Elstein, Amir Mr. Amir Elstein was appointed Tower Semiconductor Ltd.'s new Chairman of the Board on January 6, 2009. Mr. Elstein serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., and a member of the Board of Directors of Israel Corporation Ltd. Mr. Elstein serves as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Jerusalem College of Engineering. He also serves a Chairman and member of the board of several academic, scientific and educational, social and cultural institutions. Mr. Elstein was a member of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries senior management team from 2005 to 2008, where most recently he held the position of the Executive Vice President at the Office of the CEO, overseeing Global Pharmaceutical Resources. Prior thereto, he was an executive at Intel Corporation, where he worked for 23 years, eventually serving as General Manager of Intel Electronics Ltd., an Israeli subsidiary of Intel. Mr. Elstein received his B.Sc. in Physics and Mathematics from the Hebrew University in 1980 and his M.Sc. in the Solid State Physics Department of Applied Physics from the Hebrew University in 1982. In 1992, Mr. Elstein received his diploma of Senior Business Management from the Hebrew University.
Ellwanger, Russell Mr. Russell C. Ellwanger is a Director and Chief Executive Officer of Tower Semiconductor Ltd. since May 1, 2005 and serves as Chairman of Tower Semiconductor USA, Inc. and Jazz Technologies, Inc. Board from October 29, 2008. Prior to his current position, Mr. Ellwanger served in various executive positions for Applied Materials Corporation, including Group Vice President, General Manager of the Applied Global Services (AGS) from 2004 to 2005, Group Vice President, General Manager of the CMP and Electroplating Business Group from 2002 to 2004. Mr. Ellwanger also served as Corporate Vice President, General Manager of the Metrology and Inspection Business Group from 2000 to 2002, during which he was based in Israel. From 1998 to 2000, Mr. Ellwanger served as Vice President of Applied Materials' 300-mm Program Office. Mr. Ellwanger served as General Manager of Applied Materials' Metal CVD Division from 1997 to 1998 and from 1996 to 1997, Mr. Ellwanger served as Managing Director of CVD Business Development, during which he was based in Singapore. In addition, Mr. Ellwanger held various managerial positions in Novellus System from 1992 to 1996 and in Philips Semiconductors from 1980 to 1992.
Shirazi, Oren Mr. Oren Shirazi is Chief Financial Officer and Vice President - Finance of Tower Semiconductor Ltd. since November 2004. Mr. Shirazi joined the Company in October 1998 and has served as Controller since July 2000, after serving as Vice Controller since October 1998. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Shirazi was employed as Audit Manager in the accounting firm of Ratzkovski-Fried & Co., which merged into Ernst & Young (Israel). Mr. Shirazi is Certified Public Accountant in Israel (CPA). He has a Masters of Business Administration from the Graduate School of Business of Haifa University with honors and a B.A. in Economics and accounting from the Haifa University.
Edrei, Itzhak Dr. Itzhak Edrei has been appointed Executive Vice President of Business Groups, Corporate Strategy and Business Development, Marketing, Design Environment and R&D of Tower Semiconductor Ltd. on October 29, 2008. He served as Senior Vice President of Product Lines and Sales since August 2005. Dr. Edrei served as Vice President of Research and Development from August 2001 and as Director of Research and Development from 1996. From 1994 to 1996, Dr. Edrei served as Device and Yield Department Manager. Prior to joining Tower, Dr. Edrei was employed by National Semiconductor as Device Section Head. Dr. Edrei earned his Ph.D. in physics from Bar Ilan University and his post-doctorate from Rutgers University.
Mor, Rafi Mr. Rafi Mor is Senior Vice President and General Manager of Jazz Semiconductor site, Newport Beach (California), a subsidiary of Tower Semiconductors Ltd., since September 2008. Mr. Mor served previously as Vice President of Business Development of Tower Semiconductor Ltd. from April 2007.He h served as Vice President and Fab 2 Manager from August 2005, as Fab 1 Manager from August 2003 and Senior Director and Fab 1 Manager from March 2003. From November 2000 to March 2003, Mr. Mor served as Senior Director of Process Device & Yield of Fab 1. From 1998 to 2000, Mr. Mor served as Director of Equipment Reliability & Support of Fab 1. Previously, Mr. Mor was employed by National Semiconductor in various engineering and management capacities. Mr. Mor earned Master and Bachelor Degrees in Chemical Engineering from Ben Gurion University.
Koltin, Ephie Mr. Ephie Koltin was appointed Senior Vice President of Worldwide Operations in June 2009, after serving as Vice President of Business Development since January 2009. Previously Mr. Koltin served as Vice President Fab 1 since April 2007, and has served as Test and Facility Manager since January 2008, after serving as Vice President of Business Development since August 2005, as Vice President, General Foundry and Mixed Signal Technology since 2003 and as Senior Director, FAB 2 Process Engineering since 2000. From 1995 to 1999, Mr. Koltin served in several senior positions as Director, NVM Technology, CIS technology and ERS manager, Fab 1. Prior to joining Tower, Mr. Koltin was employed at National Semiconductor and the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology. Mr. Koltin holds a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering and M.Sc. in Materials Engineering from the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology.
Fox, Charles Mr. Charles Fox was appointed Senior Vice President of Sales and Corporate Marketing for Tower Semiconductor Ltd. in September 2008 and previously served as Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Jazz Semiconductor since July 2007. His professional background includes senior positions at Intel and Xilinx. He has experience in the wireless, networking and multimedia markets with DSP, FPGA, ASIC and High Speed Analog Mixed-Signal technologies. Previously, Mr. Fox was Chief Executive Officer of KeyEye Communications, a analog-intensive mixed-signal semiconductor company. He also served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Chameleon Systems, a DSP processor company and Vice President of Marketing for Cradle Technologies, a multi-processor DSP chip company. Mr. Fox was instrumental at Xilinx in growing it from a small private company he acted as both Vice President of Worldwide Marketing and as Division General Manager. He also spent 10 years in various management positions at Intel. Mr. Fox earned both BSEE and MBA degrees with honors from the University of Wisconsin, Madison and completed the AEA Executive program at Stanford University.
Somekh Gilboa, Nati Ms. Nati Somekh Gilboa is Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary of Tower Semiconductor Ltd. since October 29, 2008. Prior to her current position she acted as Corporate Secretary and General Counsel since March 2005. She has served as Associate General Counsel of the Company since May 2004. From 2001 until 2004, Ms. Somekh Gilboa was employed by Goldsobel & Kirshen, Adv. Ms. Somekh Gilboa holds an LL.M. and J.D. from Boston University and a B.A. from Johns Hopkins University. She is Member of the Israeli Bar Association and the New York Bar.
Dahan, Dalit Ms. Dalit Dahan serves as Vice President of Human Resources and IT since April 2004 . Ms. Dahan joined the Company in November 1993 and has served as Personnel Manager since April 2000, after having served as Compensation and Benefits Manager and in various other positions in the Human Resources Department. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Dahan served as Manager of the North Branch of O.R.S - Manpower Company for three years. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Science from Haifa University and a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Derby.
Gilad, Nir Mr. Nir Gilad is Director of Tower Semiconductor Ltd. since May 2007. Mr. Gilad has served as Chief Executive Officer of Israel Corp. since June 2007. He previously served as Vice-Chief Executive Officer of the Israel Corporation from May 2006 to May 2007. From 2004 to 2006, Mr. Gilad served as Vice-Chief Executive Officer of Migdal Holdings Insurance and Financings Ltd., Chief Executive Officer of Migdal Investment Management 2001 Ltd. and Chairman of Migdal Capital Markets Ltd. In addition, from 1999 to 2003, Mr. Gilad served as General Comptroller of the Treasury Office of the State of Israel. Mr. Gilad has been Member and Chairman of several Boards of Directors. Mr. Gilad holds a B.A. in Economics and Agricultural Management in Natural Sciences from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and an M.A. in Business Administration from Bar Ilan University.
Moskovitz, Ron Mr. Ron Moskovitz serves as a Director at Tower Semiconductor Ltd. since October 2007. From July 2002 until November 2007, Mr. Moskovitz served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Amdocs Limited. From 1998 until July 2002, Mr. Moskovitz served as Vice President of Finance of Amdocs Limited. Between 1994 and 1998, Mr. Moskovitz served in various senior financial positions in Tower Semiconductor Ltd. Mr. Moskovitz is Certified Public Accountant in Israel. He holds a B.A. in Accounting and Economics from Haifa University and a Masters of Business Administration from Tel-Aviv University.
Flato, Ilan Mr. Ilan Flato has served as an independent and external director at Tower Semiconductors Ltd. since April 2009. Mr. Flato serves as a Senior Non-Executive Director of Emblaze Ltd. since April 2006. Until 2004, Mr. Flato served as the VP for planning, economics and online banking in United Mizrahi Bank and as the Chief Economist of the bank. From 1992 and 1996, Mr. Flato served as the Economic Advisor to the Prime Minister of Israel. Prior to this position, Mr. Flato served in the Treasury Office as the deputy director of the budget department. In addition, Mr. Flato served as a member of the board of directors of many government owned companies. Mr. Flato holds a B.A. in Economics and Work Relationships from Tel-Aviv University and a Masters in Law from Bar-Ilan University.
Kornhauser, Alex Mr. Alex Kornhauser has served as an independent and external director at Tower Semiconductor Ltd. since August 2008. Mr. Kornhauser serves as Senior VP, GM of Manufacturing at Numonyx Corporation since March 2008. From January 1978 to March 2008, Mr. Kornhauser held many positions at Intel Corporation from design engineer, project manager, department manager, engineering manager and general manager of certain groups, segments and plants. More specifically, from August 2000 to May 2007 he served as Intel Israel Site GM, from January 2006 until March 2008 he served as VP of the Flash Memory Group, from December 2004 to December 2005 Mr. Kornhauser served as VP of TMG NVM Strategic Segment, from January 2001 to November 2004 he served as VP of TMG F18 Plant Manager and from January 1996 to December 2000 he served as F18 General Manager. Mr. Kornhauser holds a B.S. in Electronics from Polytechnic University of Timisoara, Romania.
Kaufman, Kalman Mr. Kalman Kaufman is Independent Director of Tower Semiconductor Ltd. since August 2005. He is Member of the Company’s Audit Committee since August 2005 and Member of the Stock Option and Compensation Committee since May 2008. Mr. Kaufman also served as Corporate Vice President at Applied Materials from 1994 to 2005. Between 1985 and 1994, Mr.Kaufman served as President of KLA Instruments Israel, a company he founded, and General Manager of Kulicke and Soffa Israel. Mr. Kaufman is currently Chairman of Solgel Nanotechnology and is Member of several Boards of Directors. He holds Engineering Degrees from the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology.
Guzman, Avraham Mr. Avraham Guzman has served as Independent Director for Tower Semiconductors Ltd. since February 2009. Mr. Guzman is a director of Bank Leumi Le-Israel, he is a director in several IT companies and serves as consultant to IT and telecom companies. Mr. Guzman held various senior positions at Motorola Inc. and Motorola Israel Ltd. since 1985, including VP of Motorola Inc. and Director of Motorola Israel Ltd. In addition, until July 2004, Mr. Guzman was the Chief Financial Officer of Motorola Israel Ltd. Prior to joining Motorola, Mr. Guzman worked for the Ministry of Finance first as senior assistant and deputy to the Director of the Budget and then as Government-wide MIS and IT Commissioner. Mr. Guzman holds a B.A. in Economics (1963) and an M.A. in Business and Public Administration (1969) from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He was a Research Fellow at Stanford University and Stanford Research Institute, California, USA, and completed Ph.D. studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Gross, Dana Ms. Dana Gross has served as an independent director at Tower Semiconductor Ltd. since November 2008. Ms. Gross is a Venture Partner at Camel Ventures, an Israeli Venture Capital firm. From 2006 to 2008, Ms. Gross was a Senior VP, Israel Country Manager at SanDisk Corporation. From 1992 to 2006, Ms. Gross held various senior positions at M-Systems, including Chief Marketing Officer, VP World Wide Sales, President of M-Systems Inc. (US Subsidiary) and Chief Financial Officer, VP Finance and Administration. In addition, Ms. Gross served as a director of M-Systems Ltd., Audiocodes Ltd. and PoweDsine Ltd. Ms. Gross holds a B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering from Tel-Aviv University and an M.A. in business administration from San Jose State University.

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