Directors

Eliyahu Ayalon joined us in April 1996 as President, Chief Executive Officer and director. In January 2000, Mr. Ayalon was appointed to serve as Chairman of our board. Between April 2005 and January 2006, Mr. Ayalon stepped down as Chief Executive Officer and became our Executive Chairman. Mr. Ayalon resumed as our Chief Executive Officer in January 2006. Mr. Ayalon is also a member of the board of directors of CEVA, Inc., a developer and licensor of DSP cores and related platform-level IP to the semiconductor industry, as of November 2002, and was the Chairman until February 2005. Mr. Ayalon previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Mennen from May 1992 to April 1996. Mr. Ayalon is a member of the Board of Governors of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and a member of the executive committee of the University Center of Ariel, Israel.

Gerrit Johan Frederik Kaat has served as one of our directors since October 2007. Mr. Kaat is Senior Vice President of NXP Semiconductors B.V. and responsible for strategy and technology in the Business Unit Mobile and Personal. NXP B.V. was formed after the disentanglement of Philips Semiconductors from Philips in September 2006. Mr. Kaat served in several research and development, and business management functions with Philips Semiconductors B.V. since February 1980. He was the General Manager of the Business Unit Mobile and Personal of Philips Semiconductors from October 2003 until September 2006 and for the same business unit until April 2007 within NXP Semiconductors. From 1996 to 2003, Mr. Kaat worked in the Business Unit Mobile Communications of Philips Semiconductors as the General Manger of the Business Line Cellular.

Zvi Limon has served as one of our directors since February 1999. Mr. Limon has been a partner at Magnum Communications Fund, a consulting and investment advisory firm, since 1998 and a partner of Rimon Fund, an investment fund, since September 2006. He served as Chairman of Limon Holdings Ltd., a consulting and investment advisory firm, from October 1993 to July 2000. The Company elected and agreed to nominate Mr. Limon to the board of directors as a representative of Magnum Technology, Ltd. under certain conditions pursuant to the terms of a stock purchase agreement, dated February 11, 1999, with Magnum, filed as an exhibit to our quarterly report on form 10?Q for the quarter ended March 31, 1999. Mr. Limon also serves as a member of the board of directors of CEVA, Inc. and GVT SA, the parent company of Global Village Telecom in Brazil.

Yair Seroussi has served as one of our directors since February 2002. Mr. Seroussi is currently the Managing Director of Amdeal Holdings Ltd., an entity acting as the advisory director of Morgan Stanley in charge of its activities in Israel since 1993. Since 2002, Mr. Seroussi also has served as Chairman of Eyal Microwave, a designer and manufacturer of microwave applications. Mr. Seroussi also serves as a director of Israel Corp., an Israeli holding company; Frutarom Industries, a multinational flavor and fragrance house; and Aspen Real Estate, a real estate company, each of which is traded on The Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange. Mr. Seroussi is also on the Board of Governors of the Hebrew University.

Yair Shamir has served as one of our directors since October 1996 and is also the Chairman of our compensation committee. Mr. Shamir serves as Chairman of I.A.I. (Israel Aircraft Industries) since July 2005 and is Chairman of Catalyst Fund L.P., an Israeli Venture Capital firm since 2000. Mr. Shamir is also Chairman of Shamir Optical Industry Ltd, a leading designer, manufacturer and distributor of progressive spectacle lenses for presbyopia since August 2005. Mr. Shamir was the Chairman of El-Al, Israel Airlines from April 2004 to January 2005. From 1997 to date, he serves as Chairman of VCON Telecommunications Ltd., a developer and marketer of video conference systems and was its CEO from 1997 to 2005. Mr. Shamir currently serves as a director of Mercury Interactive, a provider of performance management solutions; and Orckit Communications, Limited, a developer and manufacturer of local loop communications systems.

Louis Silver has served as a member of our board of directors since November 1999. He is a Principal of RP Capital Group, an alternative investment firm focused on investment opportunities in EEMEA and has served as an advisor to RP Capital Group since April 2005. From January 2005 until January 2006, he acted as a private banking consultant. From August 2002 until April 2005, he acted as a legal and business development advisor to companies and individuals. From September 1996 until June 2002, he served as an advisor and counsel to Discount Bank & Trust Company. Mr. Silver is a member of the board of directors of CEVA, Inc., Scopus Video Networks Ltd. a developer of digital video networking products and AxisMobile plc, a provider of consumer mobile email technology to communication service providers.

Patrick Tanguy has served as one of our directors since November 1999. Since September 2007, Mr. Tanguy has been a Managing Director at Wendel, a French-listed investment company. From February 2006 to September 2007, Mr. Tanguy was the Chief Executive Officer of Prezioso S.A., an industrial coating and insulation specialist. From April 2004 to February 2006, Mr. Tanguy was the Chief Executive Officer of Monne-Decroix, a real estate development company. He served as Chief Executive Officer of Technal Group, an aluminum building systems company, from 1999 to March 2004. From May 1998 to September 1999, Mr. Tanguy served as a director of Hays DX France, an express transport services company. From August 1993 to April 1998, he served as the Chairman of Groupe DAFSA, a supplier of economic data and financial information.

Avigdor Willenz has served as one of our directors since February 2008. Mr. Willenz served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the board of directors of Galileo Technology Ltd. from 1992 until 2001. He served as a director in Marvell(R) Technology Group Ltd. from 2001 to 2002 following the merger of Galileo Technology with Marvell. From 1988 to 1992, Mr. Willenz was Corporate Product Definition Manager/Chief Engineer for Integrated Device Technology (IDT). Mr. Willenz currently serves as a member of the board of directors of Wintegra, Inc. and Pixer Ltd. Mr. Willenz previously served as a member of the board of directors of Radware Ltd. Mr. Willenz holds a B.Sc.E.E. from Technion, Israel Institute of Technology.

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