Doron Schneidman
Chief Executive Officer

Since 2001, Doron is the CEO of Direct Insurance Financial Investments [DIFI]. Prior to that Doron was the CEO of Adgar Investment & Development, the Real-Estate arm of the group for 7 years. Doron held various positions up to Deputy Managing Director in Zur Shamir Insurance Company. Doron has a B.A. in Economics from the Tel-Aviv University.

Igal Mor
VP Finance

Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and a member of the institute of certified public accountants in Israel. Mr. Mor has been with the Direct Insurance Group since 1998, serving as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Direct-IDI Insurance Company Limited until 2003.  Previously, he worked for 6 years as a senior manager in PriceWaterhouseCoopers in Israel.

Sharon Haran
VP Business Development

Sharon Joined DIFI on March 2006 as Vice President for Markets Development. Before joining DIFI, Sharon worked for 8 years in orange Israel. During this period he held various management positions in the marketing, business development and regulations divisions. His last position was Head of 3G project where he was in charge of the company organization and preparation work toward launch and the coordination with the Hutchison group. Sharon holds a BA degree in economics and MBA both are from Tel Aviv University.

Zipi Karpel
VP Corporate IT

Zipi joined Direct Insurance when it was incorporated, in 1993, serving as Vice President, responsible for IT. Since 1999 Zipi supported the establishment of DIFI's international initiative, until she fully joined DIFI as Vice President, responsible for International Business Development. Zipi was in charge of the establishment of Link4 until going life. Before joining the Group Zipi was a partner in a software house. Zipi has a BSC degree (Com Laude) in Computer Science, the Technion in Haifa and an MBA (Com Laude) from Bar-Ilan University.

Steven Kostyn
VP- Actuarial, Reinsurance

Steven has been with the Direct Insurance Group since 1998, serving as Vice President and Chief Actuary of Direct-IDI Insurance Company until 2003.  Previously, he was the Chief Actuary for Property/Casualty business at the Migdal Group, Generali's insurance arm in Israel.
A fellow of the UK Institute of Actuaries and the Israel Association of Actuaries, Steven has more than 20 years of experience in the field of Insurance.  Steven is a member of the Property / Casualty Professional Advisory Board of the Israel Association of Actuaries, and has served as the Director of Actuarial Education (P&C) and as a member of the Governing Council.

Leora Propper
Head of Corporate Staff

Leora Joined DIFI in May 2007 as Head of Corporate Staff, responsible for Business Assistance to the CEO , Legal Management and Special Projects Management. Leora has extensive experience in Marketing and Commercial areas . Before joining DIFI, Leora was Vice President Trade in New-Pharm the second largest drugstore retailer in Israel. Prior to that Leora worked for Reckitt Benckiser Israel ,as Category Manager . Leora has a LL.B Law and a B.A in Business Administration [Com Laude] from the Inter Disciplinary Center in Herzelia. Leora is a member of the Israeli Bar Association.