Adi Hanetz

Chief Legal Officer

Mrs. Hanetz joined Sphera as General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer in 2011. She also serves as a director of Sphera Global Healthcare Management LP and Sphera Healthcare U.S. Inc. Before joining Sphera Fund Management, Ms. Hanetz was a senior associate at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver, & Jacobson, LLP in New York, where she counseled hedge funds, private equity firms, funds of funds, and other alternative investment vehicles on securities laws compliance, advised funds on structuring and trading investments products, and participated in fund launch processes. Ms. Hanetz was previously an associate at Williams & Connolly, LLP. Ms. Hanetz began her career as an associate at a law firm in Tel Aviv advising leading Israeli banks regarding regulatory compliance issues. She received her LL.M. with distinction in Securities and Financial Regulation from Georgetown University in 2003 and her LL.B. (Bachelor of Laws) from Tel Aviv University in 1998. She is admitted to practice law in both Israel and New York.

Liana Kaneti

Chief Operating Officer

Mrs. Kaneti joined Sphera in 2012 and has served since as Chief Operating Officer. Liana leads Sphera’s accounting and pre and post-trading strategies operations as well as investor relations operations. Before joining Sphera, Liana was COO of Axiom, a New York-based $1Bn+ hedge fund focused on FX/macro strategies. Before rejoining Axiom fund as a COO in 2009, Liana was an associate in Deutsche Bank's Global principal Finance team, investing the bank's proprietary strategies in illiquid assets and projects. Before that, she was part of the team that sold Arbitrade to Knight Securities in 2000 and founded Axiom in 2001, where she traded FX. Liana received her MBA from the Wharton Business School at the University of Pennsylvania in 2008. Her B.A. in Mathematics and Economics is from Columbia University, in 2003.

Neomi Elpeleg

Chief Financial Officer

Mrs. Elpeleg joined Sphera Funds Management as Chief Financial Officer in 2010. Before joining Sphera, Neomi spent 14 years as CFO for SFK Group, a publicly-traded Israeli investment firm. At SFK, Neomi’s responsibilities included financial reporting, SEC filings, internal/external audit, treasury, tax & budgets. From 1990-1996, she served as an accounts manager for Deloitte Brightman, Israel. Neomi holds a BA in Accounting and Economics from Israel’s College of Management.

Tim Surzyn

COO/CCO Sphera U.S.

Mr. Surzyn joined Sphera Healthcare US as its COO/CCO in June 2020. Before Sphera, Tim helped launch Nexthera Capital, where he was their CFO/COO and Partner from 2015 to 2019. He previously worked as a senior member of the UBS Prime Brokerage Capital Consulting team for over 5 years, working in New York and London with hedge fund start-ups and established strategies. Before UBS, he was the Deputy CFO of Autonomy Capital for three years and he started his career at a compliance consultancy providing outsourced CFO and regulatory services to alternative investment funds. Tim completed his undergraduate degree at King’s College London and received his Master’s degree in Management with Finance from the University of Bath. He is a Chartered Management Accountant (ACMA/CGMA®) and an Investment Adviser Certified Compliance Professional (IACCP®).

Sharon Mishal

Relationship Manager Institutional Investors

Mr. Mishal joined Sphera in 2020 as a Senior Relationship Manager for Institutional Investors. Sharon has more than 14 years of experience in Marketing in Capital Markets . Prior to joining Sphera, Mr. Mishal served as an Institutional Marketing Manager at Harel Finance. Before that, he served as a Marketing Manager in Epsilon Investment House. Sharon has a B.A. in Economics and Management from the Open University.

Lisa Liberman

Relationship Manager Private Investors

Mrs. Liberman joined Sphera in 2016 as a Senior Relationship Manager for Private Investors. Before joining Sphera, Lisa served as the Head of Global Investments at Migdal Investment Portfolio Management, a Migdal Capital Markets Investment House member. During the eight years she spent at MCM, 2008 – 2016, she held various investment portfolio management positions. Lisa holds a BA in Economics and Management and an MBA, both from Tel Aviv University.

Eran From

Relationship Manager Private Investors

Mr. From joined Sphera in 2016 as a Senior Relationship Manager for Private Investors. Prior to joining Sphera, Eran spent three years at U-Bank as a Senior Investment Advisor. During 2008-2013, Eran held various management positions at Psagot Securities Ltd. Eran holds an LLB (Bachelor of Laws), is licensed to practice law in Israel, and holds an MBA from Israel’s College of Management.