CPA. Worked and lived in the Netherlands and Germany for the past 7 years. Matan Managed the debt and valuation team in GCH Hotel Group and Sircle Collection Group, one of the leading hotels management companies in Europe with more than 130 hotels. As part of his role, he raised hundreds of millions of Euros and has close connections with the top largest European banking, valuation, and brokerage firms, in addition to performing. ongoing property management interacting with tenants, brokers, and lenders.

Investor, entrepreneur, tech advisor, and founder of numerous business ventures in various industries. During his 25 years of entrepreneurial experience, Ronen has been involved with over 100 startups in Israel, 30 of which he founded or co-founded. Two of those startups went public, while five were sold and four more are currently privately profitable companies.

Professor Emeritus at Ben Gurion University in the Negev, where he served as the founding chair of the Ira Center of Business, Technology, and Society and the Solomon & Abraham Krok Chaired Professor of Entrepreneurial Management In addition, has served as a principal research associate and visiting professor in universities around the world, including: New York University, Columbia University, and UCLA in the United States, McGill University in Canada, Deakin University in Australia, and Bilkent University in Turkey.

He serves as an elected director of the Global Entrepreneurship Research Association (GERA), He is the founding director of Young Entrepreneurs Israel, a member of the Israel Association of Industrial Engineers at the Association of Engineers, Architects, and Graduates in Technological Sciences in Israel, and chair of the Ira Foundation of Business, Technology, and Society.

Prof. Menipaz is the founding director of an international company for computer memory units and a retired senior partner of Ernest & Young International, In addition, he served as chair of the Canadian National Research Council’s Industrial Engineering and Management Committee, as a member of the American Quality Foundation under the auspices of the Office of the President of the United States, and as a member of the Forum for Sustainable Economic Development in Former Communist Bloc Countries.