Stephen Levey, Managing Director and Co-Portfolio Manager (14 years industry experience, 2 years with ION). He began his career as a Fund Manager at Barclays Global Investors, working on the team of the Israel Fund PLC, a US $150m closed end investment trust investing solely in Israeli equities. He then spent close to eight years as a sell-side research analyst, seven of which were with Jonathan Half at UBS. Together, Levey and Half were ranked the number one Israeli research analysts by Institutional Investor magazine for six years running. Between 2005 – 2006, Levey headed UBS's successful Investment Banking Department in Israel. Levey has a First Class Honours degree in Economic History and a Masters Degree in Politics of the World Economy from the London School of Economics.   Jonathan Half, Managing Director and Co-Portfolio Manager (16 years industry experience, 2 years with ION). He has spent the past 13 years in equity research, at institutions such as First Manhattan Co., Lehman Brothers and Oscar Gruss.  In 1998 he joined UBS as a technology analyst in its Global Technology group, with primary responsibility for covering Israeli technology stocks, and was ranked the number one Israeli research analyst by Institutional Investor magazine for six years. Half has covered a diverse range of sectors including software, communications equipment and semiconductors. Jonathan has a Bachelors degree in Industrial Engineering and Management from Tel Aviv University and an MBA (Honors) from Columbia Uneiversity.    Nadav Goldman, Portfolio Manager - Ion US Quant Fund, has spent the past 5 years developing risk management and portfolio management models and algorithms.  Between October 2005 and October 2007 he ran a long – only portfolio based on his models. Between 1999 and 2004 Nadav was a senior software engineer at Check Point Software and prior to that at Comverse Technology. He has a Bachelors degree in Mathematics, Statistics and Computer science from Haifa University and an Executive MBA in Finance, Financial Engineering & Banking (cum laude) from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Amiran Meshel, Portfolio Manager/Trader (15 years industry experience,1 year with ION). He has spent seven years as the senior portfolio manager and trader at Phoenix Insurance where he managed one of Israel's largest institutional equity portfolios. Prior to Phoenix, Amiran was an equity fund manager at Ramco  responsible for the company's Equity Fund. Between 1993 and 1997 he worked at Bank Igud as an equity and derivatives trader.   Kfir Yagour, Analyst (5 years industry experience,1 year with ION). He has spent four years with CIBC World Markets, acting as a senior sales person and operating closely with some of the biggest institutional investors in Israel. Kfir has a Bachelors of Arts in Economics from The Open University and an MBA from The College of Management, School of Economics, Israel.