TEAM
STAFF MEMBERS
Dr. Amatzia Samkai
Founder and CEO
DR. AMATZIA SAMKAI
Founder and Chairman
ISRAEL
Tel +972775329494
amatzia@samkai.com
Miri Gefen
Senior analyst
MIRI GEFEN
Professional focused on corporate strategy, finance and consulting for small and medium-sized businesses.
Miri consulted private and public companies, municipalities and government equities, banks, small and medium-sized businesses.
Before joining Samkai Global Strategy, she worked as a Head of analysts team in a leading Israeli economic consulting company and ran private economic consultancy for small and medium-sized businesses. Miri holds B.A. degree in Economics and Business Administration from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Dr. Arkadiy Shafran
Senior analyst
ARKADIY SHAFRAN
Professional focused on energy and infrastructure economics, sustainability, public policy, corporate and industry strategy, regional development.
Arkadiy has over 10 years of experience in academic and applied research, consulted public executive offices and governmental bodies, international organizations, development foundations, and NGOs, public and private companies.
Before joining Samkai Global Strategy, Arkadiy worked as a consulting analyst in a leading Moscow based think tank and conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Haifa. He holds a Ph.D. in Economic, Social and Political Geography and M.A. in Geography and English language.
Dvir Carmon
Analyst
DVIR CARMON
Dvir is an expert focused on business and finance consulting, economic evaluations, public policy, and market research.
Dvir has over 3 years of experience in analysis and market research, making business plans, economic evaluations of projects and companies, management and organizational consulting, working for both public and private companies, public bodies and governmental offices.
Before joining Samkai Global Strategy, Dvir worked as an analyst in the office of Vice President for research of Bar-Ilan University, conducting analytics and social media research for the university’s self-improvement purposes. He holds a BA in Economics and Business Administration from Bar-Ilan University.
Mirit Gut Mahani
Personal assistant & HR
MIRIT GUT MAHANI
Mirit has extensive experience in human resources, project management, and administrative management. In Samkai Mirit is responsible for the company’s recruitment and human resources management and is a personal assistant to the CEO of the company.
Before joining Samkai, she worked as a project manager and recruiting manager for a start-up company, developing a natural sugar substitute.
Mirit holds a B.A. in Psychology and an M.B.A. in Organizational Consulting.
Zvi Nedivi
Project coordinator
ZVI NEDIVI
Zvi has over 4 years of experience as a researcher and officer managing a crew of 10 analysts in an intelligence unit of the Army of Israel (IDF).
Before joining Samkai Global Strategy, Zvi worked as a Media and Organization Consultant for a business coaching venture for households. Additionally, he was a Personal Assistant & Media Consultant for a candidate for the Knesset elections.
Zvi is currently a student for his B.A. in Economics and Business Management at Bar Ilan University.
Ofir Sadeh
Consultant
OFIR SADEH
Ofir brings with him over 20 years of international innovation and business experience. A remarkable entrepreneur with business experience in Israel, Italy, Vietnam, Singapore, Ghana, Ethiopia and India.
Born and raised in Israel, Ofir gained a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Business Management before becoming an experienced financier and founding a variety of businesses.
For more than 20 years, Ofir has initiated international business ventures and joint partnerships for mutual business development worldwide.
Also a firm believer in community, Ofir started the Aviv Community School and served as it’s Chairman.
Felix Haas
Consultant
FELIX HAAS
Felix is an experienced public and private sector consultant based in Myanmar.
Felix has covered a myriad of issues that include industrial development and policy, political risk consulting, government relations, market entry advisory etc. He has held different roles as a technical adviser in any fields at the interface of government and the private sector, in project management in the development sector and e.g. as a contributor/commentator in media.
Felix is an entrepreneur himself, has been representing or has been affiliated with different companies in South-East Asia in the areas of business and development consulting, real estate and technology transfer. He is actively involved in the work of different chambers of commerce, associations and other philanthropic organizations.
He holds master-level degrees in Industrial Engineering and Management from Technische Universitat Berlin (Germany) as well as in General Management from Toulouse Business School (France).
INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS
Doron Landau
South-East Asia
DORON LANDAU
Doron is a founder and CEO of several companies, focusing on Business development, agriculture, engineering, and marketing. He also serves as a Founder and Chairman of Myanmar Israel Business Association and as a President of Mercosur-ASEAN Chamber of Commerce.
Yaron Mishly
Japan
YARON MISHLY
Yaron Mishly he is the CEO and founder of Kyoto International Network, K.I.N is a global minded entrepreneur with much experience in international initiatives. While being based in Japan for 30 years, Mishly dealt with developing opportunities and creating meaningful business links. Links mainly between his country of origin Israel and his current home Japan, but also other places around the world.
K.I.N is a Japanese company that was established with the vision to advance business partnerships between Israel and Japan, through a wide range of fields. Since its inception, the company has found and identified opportunities within expanding businesses and collaborate with them for stable growth and success over the long term. Along with K.I.N, we in Samkai Global Strategy are helping businesses to develop their offering in Japan.
Guy Bertolozzi
Italy
GUY BERTOLOZZI
Guy is a business expert, having opened multiple organisations and provided business consultation for international stategic partnerships.
Having started his working career by opening a importing from Israel to Italy, Guy became an expert in business management and building networks. Business progression and growth led to importing and exporting goods between Italy and Israel.
Guy moved on to hold extensive real estate experience, before spending 10 years as a Developer of International Innovation in Africa, where he partnershiped stategic business partners between Africa and Italy.
Andrey Davidovich
Russia & CIS
ANDREY DAVIDOVICH
Adhering to the principles of social entrepreneurship, Andrey is developing his own non-profit project aimed at building digital communication systems between citizens and officials.
Thom Dean
United Arab Emirates
THOM DEAN
It doesn’t take much to change a life making the difference