Leadership
Eli Yaffe
CEO
Eli Yaffe, has joined Eltek as CEO from July 2018. Prior to joining Eltek Eli served as the CEO of Carmel Forge Ltd. (Aerospace), and prior thereto he served as the CEO of Urdan Industries Ltd. (Defense). In previous roles, Mr. Yaffe served as VP of Business Development & Strategic Planning, responsible for strategy, M&A, and business development at Ormat Industries Ltd., including a number of years in the U.S. Mr. Yaffe holds a B.Sc. degree (with distinction) from the Technion- Israel Institute of Technology, M.Sc. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Tel Aviv University and an MBA degree (with distinction) in Finance & Marketing from Bar Ilan University.
Ron Freund
CFO
Ron Freund joined Eltek in January 2022. Ron is a senior finance executive with more than thirty years of financial, operational and management experience, bringing proven leadership capabilities as well as deep functional expertise and technical knowledge in all aspects of corporate finance, financial planning and accounting. Prior to joining Eltek, Ron held various leadership and senior executive finance positions in Ophir Tours Ltd., Middle East Tube Company Ltd., an Israeli public company, traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) and in Soltam Systems LTD where he served as Deputy CEO and CFO. Previously Ron was a Senior Partner at Ernst & Young Israel. Mr. Freund holds a B.A. degree in Accounting and Economics from the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, and is a licensed CPA (Israel).
Sagi Balter
Vice President Technology
Sagi Balter joined Eltek in December 2015 as electroplating process engineer and became our VP Technology on September 2019. Previously. Mr. Balter served as senior researcher in the surface physics research laboratory at Weizmann institute of Science from 2013 to 2015, and in parallel he served as R&D engineer at American Aviation Ltd from 2009 to 2014. In previous roles, Mr. Balter served as R&D and scale-up engineer in Tosaf compound Ltd. from 2007 to 2009. Mr. Balter holds a Ph.D. degree (Cum laude) in chemistry from the Bar-Ilan University
Itzik Zemach
Vice President Operations
Itzik Zemach joined Eltek in September 2018 as operations manager. Prior to joining Eltek Mr. Zemach served as the Plant Manager leading the Assembly factory of the “Kahane Group” (designing and producing electromechanical panels) for 6 years, responsible for all the supply-chain processes . Between 2010 and 2012 Mr. Zemach served as VP operations of “Bental electronics systems”. Between 2006 and 2010 Mr. Zemach was the Plant Manager of “Aladdin Knowledge Systems” and prior to that Mr. Zemach served as the Production Manager of “Nistec Group” for three years. Mr. Zemach holds a B.Sc. degree in Electronic Engineering from Ariel University and an MBA degree with distinction in IT from Bar Ilan University.
Shlomi Kisluk
Quality Manager
Shlomi Kisluk joined Eltek in October 2022 as a quality manager. Prior to joining Eltek, he served as a Quality manager in different startup companies responsible for quality, environment, and safety management system implementation. Between 2010 and 2020 Mr. Kisluk served as a quality manager at IDE Technologies, which is a world leader in water-treatment solutions. Mr. Kisluk holds a B.Sc. in Material Engineering from Ben-Gurion University and an MBA from Bar-Ilan University.
Tomer Segev
VP Sales and Marketing
Tomer Segev joined Eltek as VP Sales & Marketing in June 2024. Tomer has more then 20 years of experience with executive positions of sales & marketing, business management and business development in various leading global technology companies. Tomer has B.Sc in Physics and Materials Engineering from the Technion and MBA from the Kellogg-Recanati Executive MBA program.
Ifat Atzitz
HR Manager
Ifat Atzitz joined Eltek in June 2024. She brings rich and varied experience in the field of human resources. Prior to, Mrs. Atzitz held a position of HR Manager at Yedioth Ahronoth Printing Company where she managed the development of human resources processes and fields of profession related. In 2000-2008 worked at Yediot Technologies as a recruitment and training manager. Holds a bachelor’s degree in behavioral sciences and business administration from Ben Gurion University and Master’s in Law from Bar Ilan University.
