Back To Administrative Career
After 5 years in Hong Kong, at 1990, Vollach returned to Israel, where former teammate and club captain, Yitzhak Englander was president of Hapoel Haifa. Englander offered him the position of president of Hapoel, but city rivals, Maccabi, were not eager to see Vollach go, so they appointed him as CFO and chief executive of the team. Over the span of three years (1990–1993), the club won the "double" (league and cup) during the 1990/91 season and the State Cup at 1993 . Between 1990–1994, he was volunteering in the management division of the Israeli Football Association as well as acting as Maccabi Haifa's representative at the IFA.
After the football department was privatized, Vollach joined the Maccabi Haifa union's management, filling major positions such as CFO and second to the chairman of board. In 1999, he was voted in unanimously as chairman of the board of the Maccabi Haifa union as well as president of the basketball division of Maccabi Haifa and as a member of the management of the Israeli Basketball Association. Aside from his administrative and work roles, Vollach participated for many years as a sports commentator on the popular Israeli sports radio show, Shirim uSha'arim (Hebrew: שירים ושערים, lit. Songs and Goals) and was a local journalist.
Vollach owns a Bachelor's degree in History & Political science from the University of Haifa, and a Master's degree in business administration from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is also a retired Major in the IDF. Among the positions that Vollach filled during his time working for Zim, he has been the global services manager, chairman of the directorate of all Zim's ownership companies and vice president of Zim, and Zim's M.Dizengoff president & CEO. Since 2005, he has been the president & CEO of Newlog, which is a subsidiary of the Zim group, and handles logistic service relating to marine and overland transportation. He still plays football today for Hapoel Haifa's veteran side, which he also trains. Vollach is a member of the Education and Publicity Committee of the IFA and a management member of Maccbi.
In recognition of his extensive volunteering to the sporting community as well as business success, he was bestowed with honorary citizenship by the city of Haifa, in 1993.
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