Azura Consulting: Appointment of Chief Executive Officer Eli Avidar

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Azura Consulting: Appointment of Chief

Executive Officer Eli Avidar

PR Newswire

LONDON, June 8, 2012

LONDON

,

June 8, 2012

/PRNewswire/ --

Dan Gertler welcomes the appointment of Eli Avidar: "We are happy

to welcome Eli Avidar. He brings with him leadership, vision and

abilities to face challenges ahead of us in the future."

Azura Consulting, the company providing consultancy services for the

management of mining assets in in

Africa

, including the

Democratic Republic of

Congo

, owned by Mr. Dan Gertler, today announces the appointment of Mr. Eli

Avidar as Chief Executive Officer.

Mr. Avidar is currently the Managing Director of the Israel Diamond Institute

Group of Companies, and a former Israeli diplomat, having headed the Israeli

mission in the Emirate of

Qatar

and serving as Consul-General in

Hong Kong

,

following his work leading a number of diplomatic initiatives.

In addition to his appointment with the Azura Consulting, Avidar will serve as

the Deputy Chairman of the Gertler Foundation, a charity engaged in education

and social welfare projects throughout the world.

Dan Gertler, President of Azura Consulting, said:

"We are happy to welcome Eli Avidar. He brings with him leadership, vision and

abilities to face challenges ahead of us in the future."

Eli Avidar, CEO of the Azura Consulting, said:

"We live in challenging times, standing at a crossroads in the cycle of history. In

less than 40 years the population of the world will reach 10 billion people and

there is an enormous priority to plan ahead so that we don't overstretch our

resources.

"I am happy to join

Azura Consulting

, especially because it has a key role to

play in the field of natural resources in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the

continent of Africa as well as internationally."

Notes to Editors

Eli Avidar - Full Biography

Eli Avidar was born in

Alexandria, Egypt

in 1964 and graduated from university

in

Jerusalem

with a B.A. in

Middle East

and General Studies, and, in 2009,

completed his M.A. degree in Middle Eastern Studies at the Tel Aviv University.

In 1998, Avidar was appointed as Foreign Policy Advisor to the Director-General

of the Foreign Ministry, and, in 1999, as Foreign Policy Advisor to the Minister of

Foreign Affairs, Ariel Sharon.

From 2001-2005, he was Consul-General of

Israel

in

Hong Kong

, promoting

Israeli exports and the Israeli business presence in

Hong Kong

.

In 2006, after returning to

Jerusalem

, Avidar was given the responsibility for

humanitarian and economic contacts with the Palestinian Authority within the

Middle East Economic Division of the Foreign Ministry.

In

October 2006

, Mr. Avidar was Managing Director of the Israel Diamond

Institute.

In 2008, Avidar founded, and is the head of, The Smart Middle East Forum and

became Chairman of The Leadership Empowerment Society in 2010.

In

May 2012

Avidar was appointed as Vice Chairman of the Gertler Foundation.