Ziv Haft

Our Team

Our Team

David Keynan, Founder and CEO

David Keynan is heading BDO-I2I. He was a member of the Intel Capital India team beginning early 2003, managing Intel’s investments there. David was responsible for locating, investing and managing Intel’s investments in hardware and telecom companies. David has relocated to India after spending three years in Intel Capital Israel, leading Intel investments in the telecom space. David was Vice-Chairman of the Israel-India chamber of commerce, focuses on IT sector. He has recently joined TiE as a chartered member in the Bangalore chapter. David earned his B.Sc. in Mathematics and Philosophy from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.

P. Sriganesh, Mumbai Partner

A Fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. Sriganesh has over 30 years of experience in the IT industry and NBFC sector having set up several Companies in India. Between 1986 and 2000 he worked in senior financial positions in Citigroup India. He was a Promoter-Director of Citicorp Information Technology (I-Flex) and co-founder and Treasurer of NASSCOM.

Shahar Ziv, Director

CPA, senior partner in the Ziv Haft Group and head of the BDO Consulting Group. Shahar has over 15 years of experience providing consulting and accounting services, particularly in the field of corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions and project finance. As part of his work he was involved in consulting to the leading firms in Israel, and under his management and supervision a variety of projects were conducted both for the private and the public sectors. Shahar has extensive experience in accompanying and consulting for organizations active in the field of raising capital and finance structure, and in leading some of the most complex acquisitions and financial transactions in Israel. In addition, Shahar serves as head of the Valuation Department in the BDO International Network. Holds a B.A. in Accounting and Economics and a Masters in Finance and Accounting from Tel Aviv University.

Pini Shmueli Nisan, Director

Senior partner in BDO Consulting Group and Head of Corporate Finance department. Pini has over 15 years of experience in consulting and management, including extensive experience in business, strategic and economic consulting. He has conducted, among other things, complex pricing projects, valueation and cost analyses for leading Israeli companies. In addition, Pini possess a great deal of experience in economic and strategic consulting in the fields of industry and technology. Over the years he has managed a number of major and complex Telecommunications and Internet projects. Pini accompanied a large number of public and private offerings, and consulted merger and acquisition transactions held by companies active in the industry, communications and software sectors. He holds a B.A. in Economics and Business Administration from Ben Gurion University and a Masters in Economics from Tel Aviv University.

Sreenivasulu Vudayagiri (Srini), Advisor

Srini Vudayagiri has more than 18 years experience across well known investment and VC funds in India. Srini was the founding partner and Managing Director of Lightspeed Venture Partners India investment program. Over the years, Srini has had key positions in Intel Capital, CDC and has invested in companies like Subex, Nipuna, Career Launcher, Accel Frontline, BPL Cellular Holdings, First Leasing, Lanco Kondapalli Power, Netkraft and more. Srini earned his MBA from IIM Ahmedabad (IIMA) and BS (Distinction) from National Institute of Technology, Surathkal. He is also qualified as CFA.

Sharon Vanek, VP Homeland Security & Infrastructure

MBA. Holds a remarkable 12-year career in a range of executive management positions includes significant expertise in business development, marketing, program management, strategic planning, operation oversight, personnel management and performance assessments. After spending 8 years in Asia and 3 years in the US, Sharon joined the BDO I2I team in Israel as a VP in Homeland Security.

Rita Katzir, VP & GM India Operations

Previously working for Intel, Cisco and Marvell, Rita has a deep familiarity with the Hi-Tech Industry all the way from single chip to state of the art networking equipment. Rita’s vast engineering background allows her to identify and examine the products not only for their business potential, but for their engineering qualities as well. In charge of all market research activities, Rita earned her Computer Science Degree from Technion, the Israeli Institute of Technology.

Nachman Shelef, Advisor

Nachman Shelef is one of Israel’s leading tech executives and entrepreneurs. Former General Partner with Benchmark Capital, Executive Vice President of 3Com Networks.
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