Simon Lavee is a practicing attorney in Israel, head of the Simon Lavee Law Firm since 1994.

He served for 25 years in the IDF in a combat unit. In addition to his combat experience he has worked in the intelligence community in Israel and abroad. He is a former Director General of Ramat Gan and served for four years as Counselor at the Israeli Embassy - South Africa.

He is the chairman of the Employee and Executive Stock Options Forum of Israel. And member in international organizations such as the National Center for Employee Ownership (NCEO) and European Federation of Employee Share Ownership (FEFS).

Mr. Lavee is frequent speaker and lecturer at private and professional organizations related to employee stock options and executive compensation. Born in Germany and residing in Israel since 1948, he is the father of four and grandfather of five.