Orly Savion has a Ph.D. in Molecular Cell and Structural Biology from the Weizmann Institute of Science and MSc and BSc in Biotechnology and Food Engineering from the Technion. She served as Senior Director of Business Development, leading the Agri-Food tech practice at Yeda R&D, the tech transfer unit of Weizmann and as the CEO of an Agri-tech startup, EcoPhage, where amongst other achievements, Orly was able to build the company’s product and business strategy, recruit the executive team, and lead a funding round.