Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. announced that at its AGM to be held on June 15, 2023, Mr. Elyezer Shkedy and Mr. Amiram Shafran is not standing for re-election of directors. Mr. Elyezer Shkedy (67) has served on its board of directors since June 2017. Mr. Shkedy is a business development manager and consultant.

From January 2010 to March 2014, Mr. Shkedy was the Chief Executive Officer of El-Al Israel Airlines. Prior to joining El-Al, Mr. Shkedy served as Commander of the Israeli Air Force, from April 2004 until May 2008, after a long career as a fighter pilot and moving up through several command positions in the Israeli Air Force. Mr. Shkedy serves as member of managing boards at several other non-profit companies and organizations.

Previously, in 2018- 2019, Mr. Shkedy served as board member in Paz Oil Company Ltd. (TASE), and between 2015 ­ 2020 served as chairman of the board (pro bono) at Osim Shinui Shamaym Vearetz Ltd., a company for a public cause. Mr. Shkedy holds an M.A. degree (with distinction) in Systems Management from NPS, the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, U.S. and a B.Sc. degree in Mathematics and Computer Science (with distinction) from Ben Gurion University in Israel.

Mr. Amiram Shafran (69) has served on its Board of Directors since January 2021. Mr. Shafran has served since 2018 as a venture partner at Moneta Capital, an Israeli venture capital fund focused in the Fintech and Insuretech domains. Since 2020, Mr. Shafran has served as director at Gencell (TASE).

Since 2013, Mr. Shafran has served as the head of the Cyber Innovation Center at Ariel University and since 2021 as Chairman of the Executive Committee of the University. Mr. Shafran served as Chairman of the Board at Native Alpha Cybertech Management Ltd. during 2021. From 2006 through 2011, Mr. Shafran served as Commander of the information, communications and cyber command (C4I of the Israel Defense Forces).

In 2002, Mr. Shafran served as head of the research and development unit of the Israeli Ministry of Defense, (MAFAT); as chief of staff of the Ministry of Defense and the Research and Development Attaché at the Israeli Embassy in Washington DC. Mr. Shafran had also served as director of Rafael Advance Defense Systems Ltd. for three years and as a director at ISI - ImageSat International N.V. Since 2017, Mr. Shafran serves as a director of Paz Group (TASE), as a non-executive chair of Elsight (Australian Stock Exchange or ASX), and as head of the advisory board at Security Matters (ASX/Nasdaq). Mr. Shafran servesas Chairman of the Board of Pazkar Ltd. and Paz Lub Ltd., as a member of the board of directors of Waterfall Security Solutions, and as President of Enigmatos Ltd., an automotive cyber security company and other non-public companies.

Mr. Shafran holds a B.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Ben Gurion University in Israel and a M.B.A. degree from the Tel Aviv University.