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Arie Mientkavich joined Elron as Chairman of the Board of Directors in January 2007. He has served as deputy chairman of the board of IDB Holding Corporation since May 2006 and also serves as chairman of the boards of RDC, and Clal Tourism Ltd. and as a director of the board of Given Imaging. He has also served as the deputy chairman of the board of Gazit Globe Ltd. and chairman of the board of Gazit Globe Israel (Development) Ltd. since July 2006. 

 

From November 1997 to January 2006, Mr. Mientkavich served as chairman of the board of Israel Discount Bank Ltd. and several of its major subsidiaries which includes the Israel Discount Bank of NY and the Mercantile Discount Bank. From 1987 to 1997, he served as active chairman of the board of the Israel Securities Authority, the Israeli equivalent of the SEC. From 1979 to 1987, Mr. Mientkavich served as general counsel to the Israeli Ministry of Finance. During the years 1972 through 1979, he served in a number of positions in the Israeli Ministry of Finance. Mr. Mientkavich was also a member of the board of the Israel Land Administration and of El Al Airlines. 

 

Mr. Mientkavich is a chairman of the board of trustees of the Academy of the Quality of Government Movement (the "Movement") in Israel, and was honored with the award of Knight of Quality Government in 1995 by the Movement. He is also chairman of the Public Council of Yad Sarah, a voluntary organization in the field of humanitarian support of public health. In addition, Mr. Mientkavich serves as chairman of the Public Committee, in conjunction with the Yad VeShem Holocaust Center, for the documentation of the contribution of the Holocaust Survivors to the Establishment of the State of Israel and has been active in the organization of the annual March of the Living to the concentration camps. In addition, Mr. Mientkavich is a member of each of the Licenses Committee and Advisory Committee of the Bank of Israel and serves on the Advisory Board of the Israel Defense College. 

 

Mr. Mientkavich holds degrees in Political Science and in Law from The Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and was admitted to the Israeli Bar in 1972.