ProSeed's top priority is its people. The company has formulated a core management team whose skills and experience are complemented by field-specific experts. The people of ProSeed come from diverse geographical and professional backgrounds and are committed to the success of the company, its portfolio, and its investors.


Benjamin Van Oudenhove, Chairman

Mr. Van Oudenhove is a member of the Brussels Bar and of the New York Bar. He was an intern at McKinsey & Co until December 31, 1999. Prior to that, he worked as a lawyer with the U.S. law firm Covington & Burling. Mr. Van Oudenhove received his basic law degree from the Catholic University of Namur (magna cum laude) (1994), the Sorbonne, Paris I (summa cum laude) (1996), and the Catholic University of Leuven (magna cum laude) (1997). He obtained his LL.M. degree at Harvard Law School (1998), where he was a Fulbright and Baker & Mckenzie fellow, and a member of the Harvard Law School Council. Mr. Van Oudenhove also took part in several programs on finance at London Guildhall University (cum laude) (1996) and the London School of Economics (1999). Mr. Van Oudenhove speaks fluent Dutch, French and English and basic German.

Dror Ben-Asher

Mr. Ben-Asher has extensive experience in global M&A and financing transactions with a particular emphasis on the life science industry. Prior to joining ProSeed, he received an LL.B with distinction (First Class Honours) from the University of Leicester, England. As an Oxford scholar, Mr. Ben-Asher later received a Masters degree in European and Comparative Law from Oxford University (1997), specializing in European business law, intellectual property and competition law. He concluded his LL.M. studies as a Fulbright Scholar at Harvard Law School (1998) focusing on antitrust issues in the pharmaceutical industry and was an Olin Fellow for Law, Economics and Business, and an Economics Teaching Fellow at Harvard. Mr. Ben-Asher speaks fluent Hebrew and English.

David Katsnelson

Mr. Katsnelson previously served as Vice-President of Avian Securities - a Boston-based institutional brokerage that specializes in Information Technology and Internet research and trading. He previously worked as an independent trader in New York, trading stocks, commodities and options. Mr. Katsnelson was the founder, President and portfolio manager of DBX Asset Management Company, Inc. in Newton, MA, which established and managed an equity mutual fund. He also served at Morningstar, a premier financial information company covering mutual funds, variable annuities, Japanese equities and other financial products. Mr. Katsnelson received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Slavic Languages and Literature from the University of Chicago (1993). He speaks fluent Russian and English, has a working knowledge of French and Polish, and is currently learning Hebrew.

Ori Shilo

Mr. Shilo was, until recently, the COO and a senior management member of the Israeli Antitrust Authority in Jerusalem where he was in charge of the operations of the authority and its 80 employees, the annual budget, personnel, computerization, and the outsourcing of economic consultants and service providers. Prior to that, he was a Senior Economist and Personal Advisor to the Director General of the Antitrust Authority responsible for the development of economic policy guidelines and guidance of junior economists. Mr. Shilo was an analyst with Delloite & Touche Consulting, Tel-Aviv, where he gained extensive experience in company valuation, private placements, developing business strategy and general finance consulting. He specialized in the high-tech sector including applications for funding from the Chief Scientist of the Israeli government. Mr. Shilo has an M.B.A from Ben Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, majoring in Finance (1999) and a B.A. in Business Administration (Magna Cum Laude) from the College of Management, Tel-Aviv (1996). He served as an officer in the Israeli Defence Forces.



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