Protalix BioTherapeutics, Inc. announced that the Company's Board of Directors has appointed Shmuel "Muli" Ben Zvi, Ph.D. to serve on the Company's Board of Directors. In addition to Dr. Ben Zvi's appointment as an independent director, he was also appointed to serve on the Company's Audit Committee and Compensation Committee. Dr. Ben Zvi currently serves on the Board of Directors of Bank Leumi, and serves on the credit, technology and strategy committees thereof.

He also serves on the Board of Directors of Sol-Gel Technologies Ltd., where he is a member of the audit and compensation committees, and on the Board of Directors of Vascular Biogenics Ltd., where he also serves on the audit and compensation committees. From 2004 to 2014, Dr. Ben Zvi serviced in a number of managerial positions at Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd., the last two being Vice President, Strategy and Vice President, Finance. From 2000 to 2004, Dr. Ben Zvi was the financial advisor to the chief of general staff of the Israel Defense Forces and head of the Defense Ministry budget department.

Dr. Ben Zvi holds a B.A. and an M.A., both Cum Laude, and a Ph.D. in economics, all from Tel-Aviv University, Israel. He also participated in the Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program (AMP) and in National Security & Political Science programs at the National Security College, Israel and Haifa University, Israel. Dr. Ben Zvi performed post-doctoral studies in Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.