Management Team
Executive Directors
Robert Brooks
Mr. Brooks has served as a director since February 8, 2010. He was appointed as our Chief Executive Officer on February 8, 2010. Previously, Mr. Brooks was appointed as a Managing Director of the Company on July 14, 2008 and as Executive Vice President of NIS in 2000. Prior to that time, Mr. Brooks served as Vice-President and Senior Vice President at NIS. In those positions, Mr. Brooks was the lead officer for business development, client relations and consultant relations for the Company, and was involved in long-term strategic planning for the Company. Prior to joining NIS in 1994, Mr. Brooks worked at Zenith Administrators, Inc. from 1990 to 1994, as vice president and Chicago branch office manager. He served in the same capacity at Kelly & Associates, Inc. from 1984 to 1990. Prior to Kelly & Associates, Inc., Mr. Brooks worked in administration of large pension plans and was a field service officer with the Teamsters Central States Pension Fund from 1979 to 1984. Mr. Brooks attended St. Thomas College and graduated from Chicago State University.
Brian L. Gevry
Mr. Gevry was elected as a director on June 21, 2010. He was appointed as our Chief Operating Officer on February 8, 2010. Previously, Mr. Gevry was appointed a Managing Director of Titanium on January 15, 2009. He was named the Chief Executive Officer of Boyd on February 18, 2006 and has been Co-Chief Investment Officer since July 2000. Mr. Gevry initially joined Boyd in 1991 as a Portfolio Analyst and acted as its Chief Operating Officer from 2000 to February 17, 2006. Mr. Gevry is a charter member of the CFA Institute, and a member of the CFA Society of Cleveland, and received his MBA from Case Western Reserve University and his BA from Cleveland State University.
Independent Directors
Ron Braverman
Mr. Braverman has served as a director since November 1, 2009. From 1990 to 2002, Mr. Braverman held a number of senior positions at Citibank N.A. including heading its Financial Institutions Group for Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East, Africa, and South Asia. From 2002, Mr. Braverman has been the Managing Member of Danover Capital, a privately held investment company. Mr. Braverman is a graduate of the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
T. Raymond Suplee
Mr. Suplee has served as a director since January 30, 2008. Mr. Suplee has been the chairman of the board of Suplee & Shea, P.A., a Sarasota-based certified public accounting firm since December 1983. Mr. Suplee has been a practicing certified public accountant since 1974 and his practice concentrates on individual and business taxation. Mr. Suplee has been chairman of Landmark Bank of Florida, an independent community bank in Sarasota, since February 2000 and has been a director of Infinity Health Care LLC, a provider of home health care, since March 2006 and a director of Albritton Fruit Co. since December 1998. Mr. Suplee is a graduate of Villanova University.
Clal Finance Nominated Directors
Tal Raz
Mr. Raz has served as a director since December 6, 2009. Mr. Raz is currently Chief Executive Officer of Clal, a publicly traded financial institution in Israel that is an affiliate of the Company. From 2005 to 2009, Mr. Raz served as Chief Financial Officer for Cellcom Israel Ltd and from 2002 to 2005, Mr. Raz served as Chief Financial Officer of Elron Electronic Industries Ltd. From 1997 to 2001 Mr. Raz served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Elbit Ltd.
Avigdor Kaplan
Mr. Kaplan has served as a director since July 19, 2007. From May 1997 until March 2008, Mr. Kaplan was the chief executive officer of the Clal Insurance Enterprises Holdings Group, which provides insurance, investment and pension services to individuals and corporate clients, and is the parent company of Clal. In March 2008, Mr. Kaplan was nominated as chairman of the board of Clal Insurance Enterprises Holdings Ltd. Mr. Kaplan also serves as chairman of the board of Guard Insurance Group, a U.S.-based company and subsidiary of Clal Insurance Enterprises Holdings Ltd. Mr. Kaplan served as a director of Advanced Technology Acquisition Corp., a company registered with the SEC, from July 2007 to June 2008. From November 1992 to February 1997, Mr. Kaplan was the chief executive officer of Clalit Health Services, a health maintenance organization in Israel. He worked in different capacities at Israel Aircraft Industry Ltd. from 1978 to 1992, including serving as executive vice president. Mr. Kaplan received a BA in Economics from Hebrew University and an MSc in Industrial Management Engineering from the Technion Institute of Technology.
Shy Talmon
Mr. Talmon has served as a director since July 1, 2009. Since March 2008, Mr. Talmon has been the chief executive officer of the Clal Insurance Enterprises Holdings Group, which provides insurance, investment and pension services to individuals and corporate clients, and is the parent company of Clal. From 2000 to 2008, Mr. Talmon worked for Bank Hapoalim, Israel's largest bank, where he was most recently the deputy chief executive officer and head of its corporate banking department. From 1995 to 1999, Mr. Talmon worked at the Israel Finance Ministry as Accountant General. Mr. Talmon serves as a director to the board of Clal Insurance Enterprises Ltd and its subsidiaries.
Yoram Naveh
Mr. Naveh is our Chairman. Mr. Naveh currently serves as the Executive Vice President and General Counsel for Clal. From 2004 to 2008, Mr. Naveh was a Deputy Director and General Counsel of the Department of Cooperation Finance of the Israel Securities Authority. From 1998 to 2004, Mr. Naveh was an associate with Gross, Kleinhendler, Hodak, Halevy, Greenberg & Co. Law Offices, one of Israel's leading law firms. Mr. Naveh holds a European Master in Law and Economics and graduated from Haifa University with an LLB and a BA in Economics.
Emmanuel Gill
Mr. Gill has served as a director since February 8, 2010. He was appointed as our Vice Chairman on February 8, 2010. Mr. Gill has been President and Chief Executive Officer of Gilbridge Holdings Ltd. since 1999. Gilbridge Holdings Ltd. is a private company which invests in Israeli based businesses and assists them in developing their businesses in the United States market. Mr. Gill currently is an investor in and director of LivePerson, Inc., an investor in and Chairman of the Board of Bioview Ltd ., and an investor in and a director of ADI Video Technologies. Between 1979 and 1999, Mr. Gill was President and Chief Executive Officer of Elbit Ltd., an Israeli manufacturer of electronics for the defense, communications and medical imaging industries. In 1996, Elbit completed a strategic spin-off, forming three separate publicly-traded companies, and Mr. Gill remained Chairman of each of the Elbit spin-offs until forming Gilbridge in 1999. Mr. Gill received a B.S. from the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology.
Robert Kelly
Mr. Kelly has served as a director since March 31, 2008. Previously he was appointed as our Vice Chairman on July 14, 2008. He is a founder of NIS and was appointed as its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in 1993. Before founding NIS, he worked at National Investment Services of America, Inc. from 1990 to 1994. Prior to that, Mr. Kelly was president of Kelly & Associates, Inc., which provided administrative services to pension and health plans until its sale in 1990. Mr. Kelly is a past president of the Society of Professional Benefit Administrators and a served as a director of the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans for 20 years. Mr. Kelly has also served as vice chairman of Saint Mary's University of Minnesota. Mr. Kelly attended the University of Notre Dame and Florida Atlantic University.