• Comment: Date of birth needs to be backed up by sources. This source, which was identified as a prayer service, does not seem to be reliable source. YouTube video should not be used as a source either, if editor(s) want to write about the event covered in the video, use written coverage from reliable news media. Most of the cited sources are announcements of the subject being appointed to certain positions, while nothing's wrong about citing them, more details and sources should be used to summarize the subject performance on some of the positions, so the career section won't just look like a giant resume. Tutwakhamoe (talk) 16:14, 8 July 2023 (UTC)
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    To the reviewer: This article comply with the notability guideline for business executive(WP:BIO):
    1) People are presumed notable if they have received significant coverage in multiple published secondary sources that are reliable, intellectually independent of each other, and independent of the subject.
    2) The person has made a widely recognized contribution that is part of the enduring historical record in a specific field
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    Thenks - Ovedc (talk) 13:20, 8 March 2023 (UTC)

  • Comment:
    To the reviewer: This article comply with the notability guideline for business executive(WP:BIO):
    1) People are presumed notable if they have received significant coverage in multiple published secondary sources that are reliable, intellectually independent of each other, and independent of the subject.
    2) The person has made a widely recognized contribution that is part of the enduring historical record in a specific field
    3) The person has created a significant or well-known firm.
    Thenks - Ovedc (talk) 13:20, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
Yuval Dagim
יובל דגים
Yuval Dagim
Yuval Dagim
Born1962
CitizenshipIsraeli
Alma materTechnion – Israel Institute of Technology,
London Business School,
Bar-Ilan University
Children3

Yuval Dagim (born December 13, 1962) is an Israeli CEO. In the years 2018 to 2023, he was CEO of CaesarStone ,[1] after 30 years of management as CEO[2] of several companies, including Shikun & Binui [3], Kimberly-Clark ANZ (Australia), Kimberly-Clark (Israel) and Hanson Quarry product (UK). [4]

Biography

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His parents' families came to Israel in The Third Aliyah and settled in Tel Aviv,[5] where his parents were born. Yuval Dagim was born in Ashkelon.[5] In 1968 he moved with his family to Ramat HaSharon. His father was a vice president at the Mehdrin-Prior company and his mother was a teacher. [5]

Military service

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Dagim enlisted in the Israeli Armored Corps and served between 1981 and 1985.[5]

In 1984-1985 he was a company commander in the 82nd Battalion in the 7th Armored Brigade, and was released from regular service with the rank of a captain. [5]

While serving in the reserves, he became lieutenant colonel and commanded an armored battalion, after which he was a commanding general in the Kiryati Brigade.[6] [5]

Academic education

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Between the years 1987-1991 he studied mechanical engineering at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology and received a bachelor's degree. In 1997 he studied at the London Business School. [7]

Between the years 1999-2000 he studied for an accredited EMBA degree in business administration in the industrial managers track, at Bar-Ilan University. [7] [5]

Family

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Dagim is married to Racheli, a Painter and art therapist, they have three sons and they live in Zichron Yaakov.[5]

Business career

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Dagim began his business career at Pioneer Concrete (Israel), where he was a plant manager and then a regional manager, between the years 1991-1997. Between the years 1997-1999 Dagim was based as an expatriot with his family in the Czech Republic and managed the concrete division of Pioneer Concrete in Prague.[8]

Between the years 2002-2008 He was area regional manager and vice president of Hanson Israel.[7][9]

Between the years 2008-2011 he moved with his family to London, United Kingdom and was appointed CEO of the Hanson Quarry Products company, which is part of the Hanson UK. [7] The company engaged in manufacturing, marketing and sales of products and raw materials for the construction industry, the activity included 200 Concrete plants, dozens of quarries to create quarry materials, asphalt concrete plants and a system of land transportation and transport (trucks, mixers, freight trains) and marine transport (dredgers).

After his return to Israel, between 2011 and 2016 he was the CEO of Hogla-Kimberly, the representative of Kimberly Clark in Israel.[7] [10]

Between the years 2016-2017, he moved with his family to Sydney, Australia, and served as CEO of Kimberly-Clark (Australia and New Zealand).[11][8]

In 2018, he was appointed CEO of the Shikun & Binui Company,[12][13] but about six months later, with the transfer of control of the company,[14] he resigned.[15] [16][17]

In August 2018 he was appointed CEO of CaesarStone.[16] [18] Dagim and the global management team were engaged in defining a strategy, centered on the CaesarStone brand, while expanding the product portfolio.[19]

As of the end of 2021, about 2,100 people work at CaesarStone.[20][21] He left CaesarStone in March 2023.[22]

Dagim served as the chairman of the board of the Lioli Ceramica Pvt company, A porcelain product manufacturing company that was acquired by CaesarStone in 2020, since 2020.[23][24][25]

References

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  1. ^ Habib Waldhorn, Shiri (25 May 2021). ""CaesarStone is the most recognized brand in the world, and this should be translated into consumer choice"". Globes. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Caesarstone Announces the Appointment of Yuval Dagim as Chief Executive Officer". Business Wire. 6 July 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  3. ^ Sternlicht, Hazi (30 April 2018). "CEO of Shikun and Binui: "We had a deficiency in cash management in Africa"". Calcalist. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  4. ^ "CaesarStone appoints a new CEO for the company". Bizportal. 6 July 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h Ron, Liat (27 November 2013). "Yuval Dagim". Globes. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  6. ^ Bohdana, Eli (16 March 2001). "instead of Goa beach - reserves in Gaza". Maariv. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  7. ^ a b c d e Kalyan, Gil (9 August 2011). "From cement to diapers: Yuval Dagim from Hanson England will be appointed CEO of Hogla Kimberly". Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  8. ^ a b Dovrat-Mezritz, Adi (4 July 2016). "CEO of Kimberly Clark Israel Yuval Dagim has been appointed CEO of Kimberly Clark Australia and New Zealand". TheMarker. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  9. ^ "Company Officers of HANSON MARINE LIMITED". Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  10. ^ Yafet, Orna (13 April 2016). "Kimberly gets rid of distribution through wholesalers". Calcalist. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  11. ^ "Yuval Dagim, CEO of Kimberly Clark Israel, was appointed as the director of the corporation in Australia and New Zealand". Calcalist. 4 July 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  12. ^ Yeshayahou, Kobi (3 October 2017). "As revealed in "Globes": Yuval Dagim was appointed CEO of Housing and Construction". Globes. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  13. ^ Rosenbaum, Amir (3 October 2017). "New CEO for the real estate company Shikhun and Binui: Yuval Dagim". Calcalist. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  14. ^ Yeshayahou, Kobi (6 August 2018). "Saidoff takes control of Shikun & Binui". Globes. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  15. ^ Hazani, Golan; Rahimi, Yaniv (2 July 2018). "There is life after: Yuval Dagim is on his way to the CEO seat of CaesarStone". Calcalist. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  16. ^ a b Yeshayahou, Kobi (2 July 2018). "From housing and construction to Sdot Yam: Yuval Dagim will be appointed CEO of CaesarStone". Globes. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  17. ^ "Industry Conference 2018 - Yuval Dagim in conversation with Oren Freund". YouTube. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  18. ^ GaBizon, Yoram (6 July 2018). "Yuval Dagim was appointed CEO of the CaesarStone Company". TheMarker. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  19. ^ Solomon, Shoshanna (1 May 2019). "Countertop maker Caesarstone to cut 7% of global workforce". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  20. ^ Habib Waldhorn, Shiri (6 March 2022). "The stock is faltering, but the CEO is optimistic: "CaesarStone can double and triple itself"". Globes. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  21. ^ Sternlicht, Hazi (4 August 2021). "CaesarStone establishes growth: recorded record revenues in the quarter". Calcalist. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  22. ^ "CaesarStone announces: this is the CEO making a comeback and returning to lead the company". ice. 9 March 2023. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  23. ^ "CaesarStone buys Indian porcelain co Lioli". Globes. 31 August 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  24. ^ "CaesarStone enters the porcelain market: acquires the control of Lioli Ceramica Pvt". Globes. 31 August 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  25. ^ Adar, Kafir (23 May 2021). "The moving contribution of the CEO of CaesarStone to India which is collapsing due to the Corona virus". ice. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
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