People: NAYIS-NA`ARAHOT BE`AM (NICE.O)

Mr. Haim Shani has served as Chief Executive Officer of Nice Systems Ltd. since January 1, 2001. He served as President from January 2001 to April 2005 and as a director from January 2001 to September 2005. From 1998 to 2000, Mr. Shani served as General Manager of the Israeli office of Applied Materials Inc., where he headed the process diagnostic and control business group formed following the acquisition by Applied Materials of Opal Ltd. and Orbot Instruments, Ltd. Prior thereto, Mr. Shani held various management positions at Orbotech Ltd. From 1995 to 1998, he served as Corporate Vice President of Marketing and Business Development, from 1993 to 1995, he served as President of Orbotech’s subsidiary in Asia Pacific, based in Hong Kong, and from 1992 to 1993, he served as President of Orbotech Europe, based in Brussels. From 1982 to 1992, Mr. Shani held various management positions at Scitex Corporation and IBM Israel. Mr. Shani holds a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial and Management engineering from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from INSEAD, France.