Allot Ltd. announced that it has appointed Raffi Kesten to its Board of Directors as an independent director. The Company also announced that it has entered into a Cooperation Agreement with Outerbridge Capital Management, LLC (“Outerbridge Capital”), QVT Financial LP, and certain of their affiliates (collectively, “Outerbridge”), which collectively own approximately 7.5% of the Company's outstanding shares. Raffi Kesten brings to Allot over 30 years of senior executive business and management experience in the high-tech and cybersecurity industry.

Raffi served as the General Manager and COO of NDS, a pay TV media and security company. Following the acquisition of NDS by Cisco, Raffi served as VP of the Service Provider Security and Video Division of Cisco. He later joined JVP, one of Israel's leading venture capital firms, where he led JVP's investments in technology startups and served on several Boards, including CyberArk (CYBR).

Most recently, Raffi served as Chief Revenue Officer of RadWare (RDWR), a leading provider of cybersecurity and application delivery solutions. Mr. Kesten will be replacing Ronnie Kenneth, who is leaving the Board (after serving since October 2014) in order to dedicate more time to his new impact fund that he recently established. Mr. Kesten will also be replacing Mr. Kenneth as a member of the Compensation and Nominating Committee, and Mr. Nadav Zohar, a serving Director of the Company, will be replacing Mr. Kenneth as a member of the Audit Committee.