Cellect Announces Appointment of Eyal Leibovitz, E

TEL AVIV, Israel, Jan. 03, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cellect Biotechnology Ltd. (Nasdaq: APOP ) (TASE: APOP ), a developer of innovative technology which enables the functional selection of stem cells, today announced that Mr. Eyal Leibovitz formally steps-in to assume his role as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, effective January 1, 2017.  Mr. Leibovitz has over 27 years of experience in senior management positions in finance, investor relations, M&A, and business development at global pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. He has served as Chief Financial Officer of several publicly-traded biotechnology companies, including Kamada Ltd. and Evogene Ltd.

Among his many achievements, Mr. Leibovitz led Kamada through multiple successful financings (including PIPE round, public rights offering, venture lending and public convertible debt), and oversaw the sale of N-trig Ltd., a technology company, to Microsoft. In his roles at each of these companies, Mr. Leibovitz held full responsibility for financial reporting, budget control, financial planning, strategic negotiations, investor relations/public relations, legal proceedings, operations and Human Resources.

Mr. Leibovitz said: “I am grateful for the opportunity to join Cellect at such an important and opportune time.  I am excited about the potential for Cellect to become a world leader in regenerative medicine and the ability to create substantial shareholder value.  I look forward to leading Cellect’s corporate finance and business development activities.” 

Mr. Leibovitz holds a BBA degree from the City University of New York.

About Cellect Biotechnology Ltd.

Cellect Biotechnology is traded on both the NASDAQ and Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (NASDAQ: APOP ) (NASDAQ: APOPW ) (TASE: APOP ). The Company has developed a breakthrough technology for the isolation of stem cells from any given tissue that aims to improve a variety of stem cells applications.

The Company’s technology is expected to provide pharma companies, medical research centers and hospitals with the tools to rapidly isolate stem cells for in quantity and quality that will allow safe and cost effective stem cell related treatments and procedures for mass market therapies. Cellect’s technology is applicable to a wide variety of stem cells related treatments in regenerative medicine and that current clinical trials are aimed at the cancer treatment of bone marrow transplantations.

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Contact: Cellect Biotechnology Ltd. Eyal Leibovitz, Chief Financial Officer www.cellectbio.com + 972-9-974-1444 LifeSci Advisors Bob Yedid, Managing Director 646-597-6989 bob@lifesciadvisors.com