Nachum Shamir

NACHUM SHAMIR has served as President and Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Given Imaging, Ltd., since April 9, 2006. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Shamir was Corporate Vice President of Eastman Kodak Company and President of Eastman Kodak”s transaction and industrial solutions group, which includes several business units, including Kodak Versamark, Inc. (the operations of which were previously those of Scitex Digital Printing), where Mr. Shamir was President and Chief Executive Officer. From June 2003 to January 2004, Mr. Shamir served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Scitex Corporation Ltd. From January 2001 to January 2004, he was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Scitex Digital Printing, having served as its Chief Operating Officer from July 2000. Prior to this, Mr. Shamir was Managing Director and General Manager of Scitex Digital Printing (Asia Pacific) Pte Ltd., from the time this Singapore-based company was incorporated in 1994. From 1993 until 1994, he was with the Hong Kong-based Scitex Asia Pacific (H.K.) Ltd. Before joining Scitex, Mr. Shamir held senior management positions at various international companies, mainly in the Asia Pacific region. Mr. Shamir holds a B.Sc. from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and an MPA from Harvard University.