Blender Financial Technologies (BLND @ TASE), announced the appointment of David Ben Gal As Head of European business. As part of his role, he will be responsible for the development and expansion of blender operations in Europe in the countries in which the company operates and entry into new countries.
David brings with him rich experience in initiating, establishing, and managing a multinational sales force and a network of distributors in Europe and East Asia. For over 20 years David has led the acquisition, issuance and merger processes of companies in the cleantech, communications and electronics industries. David was part of the founding team of the energy storage company Nostromo and for years managed the business development and European subsidiary of Orbotech, Valor Systems. David also held senior business development positions at Amdocs as part of the company’s strategic marketing department. David holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in the United States and is a Senior Lecturer in Entrepreneurship in the Executive Program at Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Blender currently operates in 4 countries in Europe – Lithuania, Latvia, Italy and Poland, which the company has entered in the past year. The company is also currently establishing a European digital bank that will focus on providing credit and managing deposits. The company has finished submitting the documents to the central bank and is currently in the final procedures for obtaining the license.
Dr. Gal Aviv, Founder and CEO of Blender Financial Technologies stated:
Blender has been on a significant growth and expansion trend in Europe and Israel since its IPO at the beginning of the year. Operations in Europe are expanding significantly in light of the launch of operations in Poland and the establishment of the digital bank. “.
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