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  • Aviv Tzidon

    Aviv Tzidon

    Chairman & Director

    Aviv Tzidon is an accomplished entrepreneur who has founded over 10 high-tech companies, three of which have been listed on NASDAQ and one on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. A creative, out-of-the-box thinker, he holds over 15 patents, many of which have led to breakthrough innovations in various industries (such as positioning systems, network protocols, navigation accuracy, and virtual studios). Aviv is passionate about alternative energies and believes that thanks to metal-air technology, aluminum will become the next major sustainable energy source.

  • Judith Yavniely

    Judith Yavniely

    Director

    Judith leads Phinergy’s business development activities with particular emphasis on the Indian market, within the framework of Phinergy’s strategic partnership with IndianOil . Prior to her current position as VP Business Development, Judith was business development director at Phinergy since joining the company in 2011. Before that, Judith held strategic positions at the financial department of L’Oreal Israel, and in the corporate finance department of Iliad (Free) in France. Judith holds an MBA from HEC Paris and an M.A. in diplomacy and security from Tel Aviv University.

  • Nikhil Deep Mathur

    Nikhil Deep Mathur

    Director

    Mr Nikhil Deep Mathur, age 58 years, is an Executive Director (Retail Transformation) with Indian Oil Corporation Ltd, and has 32 years experience with India's largest enterprise Oil Refiner and Marketeer 'Indian Oil Corporation Ltd' (2023 Turnover USD 105 Bn Fortune 94) in its Petroleum downstream operations of Sales, Marketing, Construction & Maintenance of facilities for consumer products thru Retail Outlets pumps (B2C) as well as Industry (B2B) in India.

    He has handled tankage projects for bulk storage facilities; construction of petrol pumps; construction of railway loco fuelling facilities for 5 years.
    He has managed sales and maintenance of retail outlets and bulk facilities of company and customers as a sales person for 27 yrs in various capacities in the hierarchy and has led sales teams across India managing petroleum outlet network in urban, highway & rural markets, Development of new outlets; Govt coordination for maintenance of essential POL services etc. He has also been positioned at Marketing Head Office in Retail Sales vertical for 6 years, involved in policy, strategic projects, Int'l market entry projects.

    Mr Mathur is a Civil Engineering graduate from the prestigious Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) at Pilani (Rajasthan, India). He further completed his Executive Int'l MBA from the prestigious Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurgaon with an International Module at ESCP-EAP at its Paris and Berlin campuses.
    Mr Nikhil Deep Mathur is currently posted as Executive Director (Retail Transformation) at Indian Oil Corporation’s Marketing Head Office at Mumbai, in-charge of Retail Strategy including transitioning into renewable energy resources for consumers like CNG, EV Charging, battery swapping.
    Mr Mathur has been nominated to the board of directors of IOC Phinergy Ltd, a JV company of Indian Oil & Phinergy (Israel) w.e.f. 21st March 2024 by the parent company Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.

  • Saumitra P Srivastava

    Saumitra P Srivastava

    Director

    Mr Saumitra P Srivastava is a Civil Engineering Graduate from IIT, Roorkee and has an Executive MBA from SP Jain Institute of Management & Research, Mumbai. Mr Srivastava Joined Indian Oil Corporation in 1993 and has a rich experience of over 30 years in LPG and Retail Business. He has worked as Head of Retail Transformation group and headed the Retail Business for North and East of India. Currently he is heading Corporate Strategy function of IndianOil as Executive Director (Corporate Strategy ).

    He is an accomplished executive with extensive experience in the Oil and Gas industry, specifically in downstream operations, marketing, and strategy. He brings in a track record of success in driving business growth, increasing profitability and enhancing customer satisfaction. His leadership style is collaborative and result oriented. He has handled various transformation projects at Indian Oil including structured Non-Fuel Convenience Store, Dhruva – Retail Transformation project and several other technology and digitalisation projects.

    After initial 4 years in LPG business, he has held various key positions in Sales function including heading the Divisional offices in New Delhi and Mumbai. He has also headed Sales function for western Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand state. His last tenure was as head of State of Maharashtra & Goa handling all the major products and businesses in these states.

    In his current assignment he and his team are working on various strategic initiatives, to enhance customer satisfaction and bring efficiency in operations.