Management

Tal Levy

Tal joined Ferring-BTG in February 2006 and since 2016 to date, he is BTG’s General Manager.

In his prior positions in BTG, Tal successively headed the BTG Project Management Office; Logistics; Facility Management and Maintenance, Business Operations and Manufacturing.

Tal holds a B.Sc. in Industrial & Management Engineering from Ben-Gurion University, an M.A. in Law studies from Bar Ilan University and graduated with a GMBA in Healthcare Innovation from Reichman University (IDC).

Emma Basher

Emma joined BTG in 2019 and is currently the head of the Finance Department.

In her previous position at BTG, Emma worked as a controller in the Finance Department.

Emma holds a bachelor’s degree in economics and accounting from Bar Ilan University and a master’s degree in law and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Prior to joining Ferring, Emma worked at KPMG and for nine years as a controller in the FedEx / TNT Group

Efrat Sivan

Efrat Sivan joined Ferring – BTG in 2013 and is responsible for managing Human Resources in BTG and FHL.

Efrat has a MBA in Organizational Behavior and a bachelor’s degree in Social Work both from Ben Gurion University.

Prior to her arrival at BTG, she worked 7 years at Teva.

Eran Hizkyahu

Eran joined Ferring – BTG in 2009, and is currently heading Manufacturing & Packaging department.

In his prior positions at BTG, Eran headed BTG’s Project Management Office; Business Technology department (IT/IS/Automation), Supply Chain department and acted as Director Global Supply Chain Processes at our swiss based headquarters.

Eran holds a B.Sc. in Industrial & Management Engineering and an MBA from Ben Gurion University.

Prior to joining Ferring – BTG Eran was employed by Intel Israel & US.

Dana Bashari Elgad

Dana Bashari Elgad joined BTG in 2018 and is responsible for managing the Quality Assurance department.
In her prior position at BTG she headed the Protein Manufacturing group and the Quality Control department.
Dana holds a PhD in Molecular Biology and a B.Sc and M.Sc degrees in Biotechnology from the Bar Ilan University
Prior to joining BTG, Dana worked 5 years at Teva in different Quality Management Positions.

Maya Keinan

Maya joined BTG in 2008, and is currently heading the Quality Control Department

In her previous positions at BTG, Maya headed the Development Analytics Group and later on the Downstream Group in the GRPD Department.

Maya holds a B.Sc. in Biotechnology Engineering from Ort Braude and a master’s degree in Materials Engineering and Nanotechnologies from Tel Aviv University.

Prior to joining Ferring – BTG Maya was an analytical chemist at “Taro pharmaceutical company and later joined “Teva” as a scientist in the development working on stability studies.

Eyal Kamhi

Eyal Kamhi joined Ferring – BTG in 2013, and is responsible for managing the Development Department, which is an integral part of Global Pharmaceutical R&D organization.

The development department is in charge of developing manufacturing processes and analytical methods for recombinant proteins, for pre-clinical and clinical studies.

Eyal holds a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from the Weizmann Institute of Science, and a B.Sc. in Biology Ben-Gurion university of the Negev, Israel .

Nitzan Zandany

Dr. Zandany received his Ph. D. in Life Science from the Ben- Gurion University, Israel.

Dr. Zandany joined BTG in late 2014 as a research associate in the Product Technology Support (PTS) department, from 2016 he was appointed as a Scientist in the MTS Department and thereafter became a group Manager, where he managed the NaHA’s products supporting group.

From  2021, Dr Zandany led the Fermentation and the Support groups in the BTG Manufacturing department. In 2023, Dr. Zandany was appointed as Director of Manufacturing, Technology Science (MTS-BTG) Department  Dr.

Zandany has extensive experience in project management, root cause analysis investigations, skilled in protein purification techniques and operational manufacturing.

Yonatan Javasky

Yonatan Joined Ferring – BTG in 2013, and is currently heading Supply Chain department.
In his prior positions at BTG, Yonatan headed BTG’s Planning & Control.
Yonatan holds a B.Sc. in Industrial & Management Engineering.
Prior to joining Ferring – BTG, Yonatan was employed by Teva Pharmaceutical.

Yosefa Bilman

Yosefa joined Ferring – BTG in 1994, and she is responsible for REKOVELLE projects. In her prior positions at BTG, she was heading the QA and QC and was in charge on Pharmaceutical Development.

Yosefa holds a M.Sc. in Applied Chemistry from the Hebrew University, Jerusalem.

Anton Rivkin

Anton joined Ferring-BTG in July 2019 and is responsible for safety, health, environment and energy management systems.Prior to his arrival at BTG, he worked at Paz Ashdod Refinery.

Anton has a B.Sc in Chemical Engineering from SCE and an M.Sc in Safety Engineering and Management from Ben-Gurion University.

Amir Rimon

Amir Rimon joined Ferring – BTG in 2016, and is responsible for managing the Engineering & Maintenance Department.

Prior to working in BTG, Amir was employed as Head of the Technical Group at Teva Pharmaceutical and Alfa Laval.

Amir has a Certificate Diploma as a Technical Engineer.

Dror Peretz

Dror Peretz joined Ferring – BTG in 2006 and is responsible for Plant Performance and Operational Excellence.

Dror has a bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering from Ben-Gurion University.

Prior to joining BTG, Dror was employed at ECI Telecom as Production Planner and Subcontractors Management.

Assaf Emergui

Assaf joined Ferring – BTG in 2021, and managing the Information Technology.

Assaf holds a B.Sc. in Information Technology Engineering from University of Maryland and M.Sc. in International business from Hertfordshire University in the UK.

Prior to joining Ferring – BTG Assaf was employed by FBC Law firm and Applied Materials.