STARCOMPLC.COM - Key Persons
Avi Hartmann founded Mobiltel Communication Services in 1996 and served as its CEO for three years, until it was bought-out by Pelephone, the first mobile telephony provider in the country, in 1999. During this period he created a development and sales infrastructure which defined, developed, and marketed a GPS-based location product for vehicles, which was the first product of its kind in the country to use GPS technology. In 2004, together with Doron Kedem and his son, Uri, he founded Starcom.
Avi Hartmann (Chief Executive Officer) has spent his working life as a founder and manager of businesses involved in the tracking and monitoring sector.
Job Titles:
- Chief Financial Officer
- Certified Public Accountant in Israel
Mr Vatenmacher is a Certified Public Accountant in Israel and has a Bachelor's degree in Economics from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and an Executive MBA degree with honors specializing in financing, banking, capital markets and financial engineering from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He began his career in 2009 working at Ernst & Young (EY) before moving to Ceragon Networks Ltd where he worked as Internal Audit Manager. Mr Vatenmacher has previous experience as a Financial Executive, from his years working at Avgol Ltd., a public industrial manufacturer, where he was responsible for a variety of financial aspects including treasury and internal audit. Mr Vatenmacher joined Starcom in December 2017 and has been working closely with the board of directors since then.
Martin qualified as a chartered accountant with Ernst & Young in 1982 and between 1983 and 1986 also worked for PwC. He then spent 15 years in a variety of senior financial roles, primarily for media and technology companies, both in UK and the US. Martin became the CFO for Pilat Media Global plc, a company which previously traded on both AIM and the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange. Pilat Media Global developed, marketed and supported new generation business management software solutions for content and service providers in the media industry. Martin is also currently a non-executive director and Chairman of the audit committees at Kape Technologies Plc (AIM: KAPE), Cake Box Holdings Plc (AIM: CAKE) and Green Biologics Ltd.
Martin Blair (Non-Executive Director) has many years' in very senior financial roles and experience as a Non-Executive Director.
Michael Rosenberg began his career in 1957 with the merchant bankers Samuel Montagu and Co Ltd, where he subsequently joined the board in 1972. Following the company's acquisition by Midland Bank he left the board in 1974 to co-found a healthcare business, later known as United Medical Enterprises Ltd, which provided management services and equipment services to hospitals internationally. Michael became chairman of the British Healthcare Export Council (now known as A.B.H.I.) and led a number of trade missions overseas. He was also a founding shareholder and director of TVAM in 1983, the first UK commercial breakfast TV channel and has been active in the media sector as a director and shareholder of David Paradine Ltd (the family business of Sir David Frost) since 1974. Michael was resigned from a position as a Non Executive Director of Shefa Yamim (ATM) Ltd in August 2021.
Michael Rosenberg (Non-Executive Chairman) has many years of experience as a director of public listed companies and as a founder himself of other companies and has considerable financial knowledge.
There is a clear separation of the roles of the Chief Executive Officer and the Non-executive Chairman. Michael Rosenberg as the Chairman is responsible for overseeing the running of the Board, ensuring that no individual or group dominates the Board's decision-making and ensuring the Non-executive Directors are properly briefed on matters. The Chairman has overall responsibility for corporate governance matters in the Group and chairs the Remuneration Committee. The Chief Executive Officer has the responsibility for implementing the strategy of the Board and managing the day-to-day business activities of the Group. He is supported by Uri Hartmann as Chief Technology Officer and Igor Vatenmacher as Chief Financial Officer.