Shira is the Founder & CEO of Cyverse AG, a Zurich-based cyber-security firm which provides state-of-the-art cyber-security solutions made in Israel to global and local corporations in Europe. Shira’s technological training dates back to her military service in the Israeli 8200 Elite Technology Unit of the Intelligence, where she was an Intelligence Analyst. She has held business management positions at publicly-traded companies including Teva Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (NASDAQ: TEVA) and Bank Julius Baer & Co. in Zurich (SIX: BAER).

Shira is an alumna of Harvard University (B.A.), where she studied Government, and was a Davis Scholar. She holds an MBA from St. Gallen HSG University in Switzerland, where she wrote her thesis on Swiss Venture Capital Investments in Israeli Cyber-Security Startups, and where she was awarded the “Women in Business” Scholarship.

In 2017, Shira was selected as Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. In 2018, she was selected by the Israeli financial magazine Globes as one of “40 Israeli Business Leaders under 40”. In 2020, 2021 & 2022 she was selected as a Digital Shaper by the BILANZ for her contribution to the Swiss cyber-security infrastructue.  Shira is also an Advisory Board Member at the Geneva School of Economics and Management (GSEM). She is an active Board Member at the Weizmann Young European Network (WYEN).

Shira has won several other awards, including the “Seeds of Peace” scholarship, the Goldman fellowship and the Milken Fellowship. She has been featured in the Financial Times, the Neue Zuercher Zeitung, Bilanz and other newspapers.

She is an active angel investor in selected Israeli tech & cyber-security startups.