Daniel Soffer
Acting CEO, Mekorot National Water Company
Previous positions: Deputy CEO, VP Operations and Maintenance, VP Organization and Administration; Central Region manager; Jordan District manager, South Yarkon Unit operations manager; Shafdan Unit manager
Education: B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering and Water and Soil Engineering, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology; MBA, program for engineers and law without jurists; College of Management Academic Studies
Yossi Cohen
CFO
Previous positions: VP Finance and Business Development at One Group’s automation company, CFO and treasurer at the Rishon LeZion and Ramle municipalities.
Education: MBA cum laude, with a major in finance from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem; BA cum laude in Economics and Sociology from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem; BA in accounting from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Yossi Yaacoby
VP of Engineering
Previous positions: Director, WaTech® – Entrepreneurship & Partnership Center for Water Technologies; Mekorot CEO Chief of Staff
Education: B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev; MBA cum laude, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Eyal Ben David
VP Development and Customers
Previous positions: water quality engineer, Southern District; director, Projects Management Department, South; director, Projects Management Unit
Education: MBA in Environmental Engineering cum laude, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev; B.Sc. Life Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Chagai Philipson
VP Human Resources and Administration
Previous positions: VP Human Relations, Hadassah Medical Organization; Deputy Director General, Administration and Human Resources, Ministry of Transport and Road Safety; Director Senior Staff Department, Civil Service Commission
Education: Executive MBA in the public sector, Peres Academic College; BA in the Social Sciences and Humanities, major in Business Administration and Human Resources, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Gil Groskop
VP of Technology
Previous position: Command and Control Unit Manager
Education: M.B.A in Business Administration specializing in natural resources, environment, energy and water management, B.Sc Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Sivan Glikman-Givoni
Acting company Legal Counsel
Previous positions: lawyer at Mekorot Water Company’s law department, providing ongoing legal counsel and strategic legal advice for various company operations, including tenders, complex contracts, regulations, administration, complex claims, corporate governance, labor law, and enforcement plans. Lawyer at the commercial litigation department at one of one of Israel’s top law firms.
Education: Global MBA at the international program of the Arison School of Business at Reichman University. Bachelor of Law (LL.B.) Magna Cum Laude, Bar Ilan University, Faculty of Law
Boaz Kiper
Acting VP Operations and Maintenance
Previous positions: deputy systems engineer at the Operations and Maintenance Department, Vice President Engineering, Production and Technology at Mekorot EMS, Manager of the South Yarkon Water Supply Unit, Central District water supply engineer, Senior Lines and Buildings Engineer at the Central District.
Education: B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Civil Engineering, Lvov Polytechnic Institute, USSR.
Ifat Malka
Chief Internal Auditor
Previous positions: Chief internal auditor at Israel Natural Gas Lines Ltd, 20 years experience as an internal auditor and risk manager in different industries and multinational, financial, retail, defense, and energy companies in the public and private sector.
Education: M.A. cum laude in public administration, Bar Ilan University; M.A. in Philosophy, Science and Digital Culture, Tel Aviv University; B.A. in Economics and Criminology at Bar Ilan University.
Lior Gutman
Press officer and public relations department manager
Previous positions: Infrastructures, Transportation, and Energy Editor, Calcalist of the Yediot Ahronot Group; correspondent for vehicles and transportation at Haaretz Group and TheMarker.
Education: MA in Political Communications for Managers, Department of Political Science, Tel Aviv University; BA in Management and Communications, dual-department program, College of Management, Tel Aviv.
Ayelet Etzion
VP of Regulatory Affairs, Government Relations & Corporate Governance
Previous positions: Chief of Staff to the Minister of Tourism; Deputy Director, Israel’s 60th Independence Day celebrations, Prime Minister’s Office; senior advisor to the Knesset Director General
Education: LL.B., Ono Academic College
Berta Tenzer-Melman
CRO, Chief Risk Officer
Previous position: ERM and Operational Risk Manager,
Project Manager of Desalination plants is Israel and in the USA.
Education: M.Sc. Environmental Science, Hebrew University, Jerusalem,B.Sc Natural Science, Magna Cum Laude, Bar-Elan University, Certified Risk Manager, CRO and CPA-ERM, Columbia University, NYC
