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Board of Directors

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Yigal Zilkha, Founder & Director

Mr. Zilkha is the founder and the main shareholder Of the Queenco Group Mr. Zilkha holds the majority of the Company's shares through direct and indirect holdings. Mr. Zilkha has been involved in the gaming industry for over twenty years as a promoter, developer and operator of casinos and is responsible for the Company's business development. Mr. Zilkha serves as the company's Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors. Mr. Zilkha is one of the founders of Club Hotel Casino Loutraki and other entertainment activities around the world.

Effy Aboudy

Mr. Aboudy was previously the Company's Chief Financial Officer and he has worked for the Group from 1998 through 2008. Previously, he was the financial controller of a company listed on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange. He is an Israeli certified accountant and has an MBA from Tel Aviv University.

 

Mr. Yechiel Gutman statutory external director

Mr. Gutman has been a senior partner of the Gutman-Neiger law firm since 1979, specialising in taxation, communications, real estate and government regulation. He has previously served as a senior advisor to the Israeli Minister of Justice and as a legal advisor in the Israeli Parliament. He serves as a judge in both the Israeli Police and Israeli Bar Association's Disciplinary Courts, has published two best selling political/legal novels and is host of a weekly television and radio programme on current affairs. Mr. Gutman has a BA in Sociology and History and an LLB from The Hebrew University, and has been a certified attorney in Israel since 1976.

 

Ron Be'ery, Director

Mr. Be'ery is the Vice Chairman of the Board of directors of Queenco Leisure International. Mr. Be'ery has extensive experience in the field of investment banking. In 1985 Mr. Be'ery founded Be'ery Capital Ltd., an investment banking firm specializing in private and public equity fundraising for Israel-based technology companies, mergers & acquisitions and other financial and strategic transactions. Among other transactions, Be'ery Capital Ltd. acted as financial advisor for the Company's IPO on the London Stock Exchange in July 2007. From 1983 until 1985 Mr. Be'ery was Vice President of Alrov Company, a real estate company listed on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange. Between 1981 and 1983 Mr Be'ery was an analyst and advisor on the first team of Bank Leumi's Investment Banking Company. Mr. Be'ery is a CPA with a BA in Accounting and Economics from Tel Aviv University.

 

Yitchak Shwartz statutory external director

Mr. Shwartz was an audit manager at the accounting firm, Liboshitz Kasirer, until 1986, when he joined Adler Investments Limited, a real-estate and construction company listed on the Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange. He held a number of positions, including CFO and COO before being appointed to his current position, where he is responsible for their real estate operations in Israel and overseas.

 

Ms. Aliza (Alicia) Rotbard, statutory external director

Ms. Rotbard is a management and investment consultant and is a member (including as an external director) of the boards of directors of various public and private companies. Ms. Rotbard has been involved in the management of various company's and served as the Deputy General Manager of the Tel?Aviv Stock Exchange. Ms. Rotbard holds a B.Sc. in Mathematics and Physics from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.