Experience

Israel Ministry of Finance

• Israel
• Government Administration
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Deputy Director, Budget department

  • Dec 2017 - Present

  ● Defining and Managing a budget of more than 40 billion shekels in the transportation, energy, water, and agriculture sectors● Leading a team of 14 employees, incl. monitoring the quality of work processes● Initiating and leading multiple reforms in the transportation, energy, water, and agriculture sectors● Initiating and leading national infrastructure projects such as mass transportation, incl. budgeting & implementationKey Achievements :● Leading the Metro Project (150 billion ILS), starting from the decision-making phase, to establishing a workgroup, signing collaboration agreements, facilitating a budgeting plan, and up to reaching the government’s approval ● Leading accessibility initiatives in public transportation that resulted in regulatory changes. My work included increasing subsidy budgets, implementing the Buble and TikTak projects (flexible transportation), establishing a behavioral experimentation lab with Dan Ariely to examine ways to reduce dependency on private vehicles, and more● Leading the renewable energy revolution by creating processes and efficiencies, and reducing bureaucratic complexity● Successfully negotiating with El Al, Arkia, and Israir about a multi-million Shekel state aid during the COVID19 crisis that prevented the collapse of the aviation industry in Israel● Successfully negotiating a privatization initiative with the Israeli Port Company and their worker’s union, as part of the prep work for setting up the new seaports and creating competition in the branch for the first time ● Establishing and implementing a reform in the electricity market to increase competitiveness, stabilizing the Israel Electric Corporation, and lowering rates for consumers Show less

• Head of Industry and Trade Sector

  • 2017 - 2018

  ● Defining and managing a multi-billion budget of The Ministry of Economy and Industry, The Israeli Competition Authority, and The Consumer Protection Authority● Leading a team of 2 employees, incl. monitoring the quality of work processes● Defining and leading reforms in the commerce, industry and import fields to remove obstacles and improve the efficiency of governmental support Key Achievements:● Leading a reform to increase the competitiveness of the cosmetics market and an initiative to increase personal imports Show less

• Head of Energy Sector

  • 2014 - 2017

  ● Defining and leading the energy budget including electricity, gas, oil and nature resources, with a multi-billion Shekel scope ● Leading a team of 3 employees, incl. monitoring the quality of work processes● Negotiating complex agreements with governmental and business stakeholders● Creating partnerships with governmental and external parties and creating pleasant and collaborative ways of working● Leading complex processes, from the ideation stage through engaging partners, negotiating agreements and implementing initiatives as part of the government and parliament decision making processesKey Achievements:● Defining and implementing the "Gas Framework" for drawing natural gas from the ground, and developing the Leviathan gas field ● Leading a reform to encourage the development of small gas fields ● Leading and implementing a structural change in the Electricity Regulatory Authority to prepare for the branch’s challenges Show less

• Coordinator - The Sheshinski Committee 2

  • 2013 - 2014

  ● Managing and coordinating the committee’s activities, leading a team of 11, hiring international advisors● Leading meetings, presenting professional materials to high-ranking decision-makers in the Israeli government and industry● Coordinating the final reportKey Achievements:● Defining a new taxation model for Israel’s natural resources ● Implementing the committee’s recommendation in the government and Knesset, including amendments to the law

• Professional Lead - Water and Sewage Systems

  • 2011 - 2014

  ● Managing and overseeing a budget of over a billion Shekels● Taking a leading role in reforms, writing regulations, speaking on behalf of the department in different Knesset committees● Negotiating with the Water Authority and other authorities, including mayors, governmental agencies, water corporations ● Building and discussing financial reports, and improving the efficiencies of processes● Taking an active part in the tendering process for water desalination facilitiesKey Achievements:● Driving the reform in the water corporations● Defining and approving a reform to make the sewerage sector more efficient● Leading the government’s decision to provide a wide program to support Israeli water technologies Show less



Government Water and Sewage Authority

• Member Board Of Directors

  • 2017 - 2021



Israel Ministry of Finance - משרד האוצר

• Government Administration
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Chairwoman of the Committee of Price Controls

  • 2017 - 2017



The Israeli Electricity Authority - רשות החשמל

• Israel
• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Member Board Of Directors

  • 2015 - 2017



Natural Gas Authority

• Jerusalem, Israel

• Member Board Of Directors

  • 2014 - 2017



בנק ישראל Bank of Israel

• Israel
• Banking
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Research Fellow (Milken Innovation Center Fellows Program)

  • Jan 2008 - Jan 2010

  - Working closely to the deputy governor if Bank of Israel, Professor Zvi Eckstein, and the head of unit for financial stability in the research department - Analyzing and assembling data, writing summary reports for the development of Israel’s securitization market - Writing two research papers on the Israeli capital market - Working closely to the deputy governor if Bank of Israel, Professor Zvi Eckstein, and the head of unit for financial stability in the research department - Analyzing and assembling data, writing summary reports for the development of Israel’s securitization market - Writing two research papers on the Israeli capital market