Board Members

Enrico (Chicco) Testa

Chairman of the Board

Born in Italy in 1952, Enrico Testa has an impressive professional background. Among his several experiences, between 1996 and 2002 Enrico Testa was Chairman of the Board at ENEL S.p.A. (the Italian provider of power and gas) and founder and member of the Board of Directors at WIND S.p.A..

Enrico Testa is currently Member of the Board of Rothschild S.p.A, Executive President at Roma Metropolitane S.p.A (the company realizing the new Underground lines in Rome), Vice Chairman of the World Energy Council and Senior Partner at Franco Bernabè Group, which owns several participations in the IT sector.

Oozi Cats

CEO Telit Communications PLC

In 2000 Oozi Cats, an experienced CEO and entrepreneur, founded the high level communications engineering and distribution company Dai Telecom Ltd. in Israel. In 2002 his company took over Telit in Italy to establish a world wide acting organization. Oozi Cats' experience as CEO and management knowledge helped to turn Telit into a global player in the m2m market. The complex turnaround program included strategic redefinition, financial restructuring, and human resource reorganization.

Headed by Mr. Cats as CEO, Telit was listed in the London Stock Exchange in April 2005. Prior to his role at Dai Telecom, Oozi Cats was the founder and CEO of Auto Depot Ltd, an Israeli mass merchandising chain for vehicle supplies and services.

In April 2007 the president of the Italian republic Giorgio Napolitano awarded Oozi Cats with the decoration "Cavaliere dell'ordine della stella della solidarietà italiana". The Stella della solidarietà italiana was originally instituted in 1947, to recognise those expatriates and foreigners who made an outstanding contribution to the reconstruction of Italy after World War II.

Andrea Giorgio  Mandel-Mantello

Independent Non Executive Director

Andrea Giorgio Mandel-Mantello is the founding partner of AdviCorp PLC, a UK investment Bank regulated by the UK Financial Services Authority. Prior to his work at AdviCorp, Mr. Mandel-Mantello spent 9 years at SBC Warburg ("SBCW" now known as UBS) in London in various management positions including Executive Director of SBC Warburg, member of the Board of SBC Warburg Italia SIM S.p.A., and Country Head for Israel. Prior to working at SBCW, Mr. Mandel-Mantello spent 2 years at Chemical Bank International Ltd. In London and 3 years at Banca Nazionale dell'Agricoltura in Rome.

Mr. Mandel-Mantello is a director of Coraline S.p.A., a company which has recently acquired the business of Frette S.p.A. Italy's leading provider of luxury lines. Furthermore he is a director of MOTO S.p.A., a joint venture in the motorway restaurants business, Compass Group PLC and Cremonini S.p.A.. Mandel-Mantello is also a director of B.O.S. Better On Line systems, a Nasdaq listed Israeli company involved in VoIP and enterprise solutions. He holds a Bachelor degree in Economics and Political Science from Yale University.

Massimo Testa

Non Executive Director

Yariv Dafna

CFO Telit Communications PLC

Yariv Dafna has held the position of CFO of the Telit Wireless Solutions business unit (TWS) since June 2006 and was actively involved in the purchase of the m2m division of Bellwave (currently named Telit APAC) and the set up of Telit Americas. Prior to his current position, from 2003 to 2006, he was a financial manager at Dai Telecom Ltd.

Yariv also took an active role in Telit's IPO on AIM in 2005. Yariv holds a BA in Business Administration and Accounting from the College of Management Academic Studies (Rishon LeZion, Israel), and is a certified Public Accountant. He originally trained as an accountant at Brightman Almagor (Deloitte's Israeli affiliate) from 1999 to 2003.

Amir Scharf

Independent Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Telit

Amir Scharf is a Partner and Head of Securities Law practice at Tadmor & Co., Attorneys at Law, in Tel Aviv. He is also a Director and Chairman of the audit committee at Analyst I.M.S. Investment Management Services Ltd., a full service investment house traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.

Before joining Tadmor & Co. he was the General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of El Al Israel Airlines Ltd., and before that he served as Deputy Director of the Legal Department of the Israeli Securities Authority. In 2004 - 2006 he served as a member of The "Goshen Committee", the public committee for setting an Israeli Corporate Governance code. Mr. Scharf was also a director of Superstar Holidays Limited in the UK between 2005 and 2006.