Dr. Gressel is the founder and CEO of Assif-Strategies and Elysium - Carbon Trade & Investment, a carbon offset development firm. In addition, he has recently become a venture partner at Greylock Partners, a leading American venture capital firm with offices in Israel.

Dr. Gressel earned his B.Sc. at the Faculty of Agriculture at the Hebrew University in Israel and his Ph.D. at the Department of Environmental Science, Policy & Management at the University of California at Berkeley.

Dr. Gressel formerly served as Executive Director for the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies and as Science Director at the Israel Union for Environmental Defense. He has also served as Council of the Israel Broadcasting Authority and as Chair of its Oversight Committee.

Mr. Ben-Dov is a renewable energy expert with vast experience conducting feasibility studies, developing environmental business strategies and management systems as well renewable energy and carbon programs. He also serves as CTO of Elysium - Carbon Trade & Investment, an Assif-Strategies subsidiary.

He earned his Masters in Business Strategies for Renewable Energy and Diploma in Business & Environment from York University, Canada. His research on renewable energy business strategies earned him the prestigious International e7 Sustainable Energy Development Scholarship.

Previously, he served as campaign director for Greenpeace Mediterranean in Israel and was a founding member of The Natural Step in Israel.

Specializes in strategic environmental analysis, process development and reporting. Ms. Harari works with Assifs clients on developing environmental policies, stakeholder dialog and sustainability reporting based on Global Reporting Initiative standards. She prepared Israels first GRI-based environmental reports for the Egged Bus Company, Nesher Cement Industries and Sharon-Laboratories and serves as Assifs Organizational Stakeholder contact with the Global Reporting Initiative.

Ms. Harari, an Accredited LEED Professional by the US Green Building Council, is currently developing Assifs green building expertise, with special focus on the LEED standard.

She earned her Bachelors degree in Geography & Communication at Tel Aviv University where she will soon be completing her Masters in Geography & Human Environment.

Dr. Gal is an accomplished ecologist, having earned his M.Sc. at Tel-Aviv University in Israel and a Ph.D. in Ecology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He has broad experience in design and management of environmental impact assessments, feasibility studies and landscape management. In addition, he has more than 16 years of experience in outreach projects and environmental education.

Mrs. Spektorovsy-Cohavis professional focus combines environmental policy research as well as life-cycle and sustainability analyses. In this framework she recently coordinated a multiple stakeholder taskforce on waste management policy, life cycle analysis and public involvement. The project was conducted in collaboration with the Technions Shmuel Neeman Institute for Advanced Studies in Science & Technology.

Mrs. Spektorovsy-Cohavi is the author and editor of Assif-Strategies' monthly newsletter, the only business & environment newsletter to be published in Hebrew, distributed to key individuals in Israels business community and among Assifs clients and partners.

She holds a B.Sc. in Biology from Tel Aviv University and is currently studying for her Masters degree in Public Policy at Tel Aviv University.

Mr. Agranat is an ecology and biotechnology expert. He earned his Masters at The Albert Katz International School for Desert Studies in Ben-Gurion University.

Mr. Agranat has vast experience in organic chemistry and microbiology. Working in a research group on organic pigment production from microalgae by the utilization of CO₂, Mr. Agranat has gained a great deal of knowledge on inorganic carbon capture by microorganisms. Presently he is working on GHG reduction projects, renewable energy implementation, and biodiesel research.

Mrs. Blum (formerly 'White') is an expert on natural capitalism, eco-efficient design, and ISO14001 with over 5 years of previous experience at a large multi-national high-tech company where she led an Eco-Design team and sustainability discussion group.

She completed a B.S.E. in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan and a MBA from Tel Aviv University and Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management.

Mr. Wolt completed a magna cum laude degree in International Relations and Middle Eastern Studies and was a Neubauer Scholar at Tufts University in Boston, Massachusetts. Amitai is pursuing an MSc. in Urban and Regional Planning with a sustainable development focus at the Technion Israel Institute of Technology.

Ms. Ganem's professional expertise is in research and policy development, specifically in waste solutions and data analysis. She previously worked for the Research Department of the Bank of Israel.

She earned her bachelor’s degree in Economics & Geography at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem where she is pursuing a Masters degree in Geography & Environmental Management Planning & Policy.

Ms. Ganem is currently working on environmental management and accounting services.