Noa Gastfreund has more than 8 years of experience working with startups and helping them to grow and build successful businesses. Prior to joining the Airwallex Israel & Mid-East team, Noa was the VP of Business Development at UNIPaaS, an early stage Embedded Finance startup. Before joining UNIPaaS, Noa was the Managing Director of Hybrid, a 8200’s acceleration program. Prior to joining Hybrid, Noa was a Human Resources and Business Operations Lead at Tipalti, an Israeli startup in the Fin-Tech field ($8.3B valuation). Noa is also a Co-founder of the UAE-IL Tech Zone, a hub that bridges the Israeli and UAE tech ecosystems. Noa holds a B.A in Government, Diplomacy and Strategy from the Reichman University in Herzliya.