 NEW YORK, July 12, 2021 GLOBE NEWSWIRE -- Taboola NASDAQ: TBLA, a global leader in powering recommendations for the open web, helping people discover things they may like, today announced the appointment of investment industry veteran Gilad Shany to its board of directors. Gilad currently serves as Chief Executive Officer at ION Acquisition Corporation, a Special Purpose Acquisition Corporation SPAC that has raised US 258,750,000 in its initial public offering, and Managing Partner and co-founder of ION Crossover Partners ICP. ION is a leading Israeli based investment management firm with over 3bn of AUM across private and public markets, and a fundamental research focus on Israeli technology companies. 