Zamir Dahbash is the Founder of Tell NY. In 2007, together with Rinat Friedman, Zamir launched Shalom Tel Aviv (STLV), today one of Israel’s largest media firms, with offices in central Tel Aviv.

Previously, Zamir headed the business news desk at the Israeli daily Haaretz (published in Hebrew and English). He then moved on to become a partner and CEO at the communications group Euro Tel Aviv (formerly Zarfati-Sternschuss-Zamir), part of Euro RSCG worldwide.

His extensive experience in working with government and organizations includes serving as a top media adviser to former Bank of Israel Governor and former Vice Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve Board, Prof. Stanley Fischer, and to former Israel Securities Authority Chairman, Prof. Zohar Goshen.

Zamir has served as a senior adviser to numerous prominent tech companies and major financial corporations, including Meta (Facebook), Microsoft, Wiz, Armis, Insight Partners, Cyberstarts, NoName, Axis Security, Lightricks, Optibus, Team8, BlackRock, Phoenix, digital bank ONE ZERO and many more.

Yoav Dvir Dahbash is a Director at Tell NY. He also served as CFO and Director at Shalom Tel Aviv since its establishment in 2007 and up until October 2024. Yoav has racked up more than 30 years of wide-ranging experience in management and business development, mainly outside of Israel.

His fields of expertise include strategic alliances, marketing and managing mid-size operations, and guiding companies through complex turn-around processes.

With his keen business sense and strong contract negotiation skills, Yoav is a consummate dealmaker. He has led numerous M&A transactions and global alliances in the industry, in which he was responsible for all marketing, business development and regulatory affairs in both developed and developing countries.

Tamar Harel is General Manager at Tell NY. Since joining STLV in 2020, Tamar has led work with the company’s top-tier high-tech clients in the U.S. and Israel, including Meta (Facebook, Instagram), Insight Partners, Cyberstarts, Optibus, Wiz and Dazz.

With her extensive expertise and experience in supporting high-tech companies and venture capital firms, Tamar specializes in fundraising, mergers and acquisitions, crisis management, product marketing, speaking opportunities and brand-building.

Prior to her current role, Tamar worked as a content and marketing specialist at Israeli B2C startup Cool Cousin. She also served in the international media branch of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesperson’s unit, where she was responsible for press relations with North American news outlets and worked at the army’s international newsroom.

Mia Balaban is a senior media consultant at Tell NY, leading some of the firm’s top-tier accounts. Joining Shalom-Tel Aviv in 2021, Mia managed accounts of both tech giantsand emerging startups like Microsoft, Intuitive Surgical, and Axis.

Notably, she played a key role in the Rakia Mission, the first Israeli private space mission. Mia specializes in supporting high-tech companies in fundraising, product marketing, M&A, crisis management, speaking opportunities, and branding.

Mia previously worked as a content writer and social media expert and graduated with honors in business and communications from Tel Aviv University.

Eden is the firm’s media monitoring associate, excelling in real-time analysis of US media, with a focus on the business, tech, and cyber sectors. As part of her duties, she manages Tell NY’s knowledge base for the firm’s clients, analyzes media coverage and sentiment, builds contact lists, conducts coverage recaps, and operates the technological assets used for ongoing monitoring and Share of Voice tracking.

Eden’s previous experience includes sales, customer service, public speaking, and performance, with a background as Admission & Sales Coordinator and Tour Guide & Educator.