Evogene Ltd. announced the appointment of Ms. Sarit Firon to the Company's Board of Directors and the appointment of Mr. Yuval Ben-Galim as Chief Operating Officer, replacing Mr. Assaf Kacen. Ms. Sarit Firon is an experienced finance executive and currently serves on the Boards of MediWound, Datorama and is the Chairperson of myThings. She has nearly two decades of experience as CFO in numerous hi-tech companies. Mr. Yuval Ben-Galim will join the Company on September 15, 2016 and will replace Mr. Assaf Kacen who has been with the Company since July 2009. Mr. Ben-Galim brings with him extensive background in management of technological operations. In his last role he served as Chief Product Development at Como.