TAL COHEN

• Over his 25 year career, Tal has gained extensive expertise and experience in operations, investments and consultation. Within the last year, he has conducted thorough research on crypto-currency, and has both consulted and invested into the industry. 

• Earlier in his career, Tal held an operational role as CEO of Sirin Labs, a cyber-phone manufacturing company that he co-founded. The company holds the acclaim of having developed the world’s most secure and advanced mobile phone, targeted at C-suite executives, globally. This accomplishment was made, due in large part, to Tal’s raising of $72 million for the company, who opened locations in Mayfair, London, Harrods of London, Heathrow VIP lounges and The Majestic Hotel in Cannes of France. 

• Prior to his work at Sirin Labs, Tal was a founding member and Senior Manager at Markets.com, a global Forex and CFD trading provider. His duties included managing and arranging operational departments in the company (sales, retention, compliance, bank office), as well as M&A and business development activity, and ultimately, sole management of one of the forex brands of the company. 

• Tal led a Google Israel Adwords sales team across several industries (including finance sector), and prior to that, worked as a consultant at Mckinsey & Co, where he focused on FIG (Financial Institution Group) customers. In 1999, Tal co-founded iBetcha.com, an Internet games company, later acquired by Vivendi Universal Games. 

• At the beginning of his career, Tal was a financial correspondent for ‘Maariv Daily Newspaper’, and a reporter for Forbes Israel. 

• Tal is a father of 5 children and holds an LLB from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.