 s part of the Israeli business leaders event, Dun & Bradstreet also highlighted the country's most eminent young managers. These managers are already in senior positions, are outstanding and influence the companies where they work and the economic and business environment, and are in effect considered to be young leaders. This year Dun & Bradstreet chose to focus on three young and talented managers, who have already succeeded in gaining promotion and proving that they can lead the business world even in these stormy times. These managers are particularly gifted and fill key positions, and their influence is already large and substantial. Dun & Bradstreet believes that there is a major chance that they will become part of Israel's top business leadership in the near future.
The criteria for choosing the next-generation leaders were: exceptional management qualities, demonstrating creativity, daring and original business thinking, substantive influence over the business strategy of their company where they serve as managers and the market in which they work.
 Lilach Asher-Topilsky started out at Bank Hapoalim as personal assistant to the CEO and served in that position until two years ago. Since then she has been promoted to a key position and has successfully met the challenges that have confronted her. In particular she succeeded as manager of E-Banking and has positioned Bank Hapoalim's website as the most user-friendly and sophisticated. Ms. Asher-Topilsky successfully managed the marketing and strategic planning wing of the retail division, and at a very young age has become a member of Bank Hapoalim's board of management, while being Deputy CEO and Head of Corporate Strategy. Her colleagues say that she knows how to set ambitious targets and meet them. She is dedicated to her work, professional and thorough and in the banking system the prediction is that we will be hearing a lot about her in the future.
 Michal Gur-Shavit worked for some years with the ad agency McCann Ericsson, and joined Strauss-Elite immediately after the stormy merger between the two companies to form a huge company by Israeli standards. The merger was dependent on changes in the management structure with 13 senior managers appointed to the merged company - all from Elite and Strauss, with the exception of Strategy Manager Michal Gur Shavit - which testifies to the great esteem and reputation that she had acquired as a manager. At Strauss, Gur-Shavit is responsible for the strategic marketing of the Group including all product groups and dozens of brands as well as international activities. Her position is complex and dynamic but all evidence shows that Ms. Gur Shavit copes very successfully with it all.
 Tal Payne has reached a place that most only dream of ever reaching - the summit of aspirations of almost every accounting student and intern is to be CFO of one of the large Israeli companies traded on Wall Street. CPA Payne has made it big with Check Point. Before coming to Check Point, she served as CFO of Gilat Satellite Communications. Those around Ms. Payne say that having reached such a senior position at such a young age, the skies are not the limit for her but just the start.
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