Management

Tal Levy

Tal joined Ferring – BTG in 2006, and is responsible for managing Product Supply, Development and RA.

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 bachelor’s degree in Industrial & Management Engineering from Ben Gurion University and an M.A. in Legal Studies (for non-legal practitioners) from Bar Ilan University.

Yosefa Bilman

Yosefa joined Ferring – BTG in 1994, and is responsible for managing the Quality Unit, which consists of both QA and QC activities. In her prior positions at BTG she was in charge of Pharmaceutical Development, QC Chemistry and QA department.

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

Dana Bashari Elgad

Dana Bashari Elgad joined BTG in 2018, and is responsible for managing the Quality Control department.
In her prior position at BTG she headed the Protein Manufacturing group.
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.

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.

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.

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 .

Orna Wisniak

Orna Wisniak joined Ferring –BTG in March 2004 and is responsible for managing the REGULATORY AFFAIRS dept. activities in BTG. She reports directly to VP global RA (CMC) at Ferring IPC with dotted line to BTG’s General Manager.

Orna has a Master’s degree in biochemistry from Ben Gurion University in Israel.

Prior to working in BTG, Orna was employed at the biotech company Serono – Interpharm , as scientist in development and then later in quality assurance and regulatory affairs departments.

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.

Ron Asafrana

Ron Asafrana joined Ferring – BTG in 2004 and is in charge of Budgeting, Tax, Chief Scientist, Investments, Reporting (IFRS) and Accounting for the different business units in BTG and in Ferring Holding.

In 2014 Ron was temporarily relocated to Ferring Switzerland as Finance Controller of Ferring Global Product Supply.

Ron has a CPA degree.

Prior to joining BTG, Ron was employed at KPMG Israel, where he was specializing in industrial, high-tech and holding companies.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.