Rafi Fischer, a 10-year PR pro, has joined Finn Partners in Israel responsible for its technology clients.
He had been the No. 2 executive as Lone Star Communications, the firm of Texas-born Charley Levine, who passed away last month at the age of 62.
Fischer spent a half dozen years at Lone Star, handling English and Hebrew language campaigns for tech, biotech and cleantech clients.
The George Washington University graduate worked at Ogilvy PR Worldwide before moving to Israel in 2007.
At Finn Partners, Fischer reports to Goel Jasper, whom Levine hired when he co-chaired Ruder Finn Israel.
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