Yossi Abu

Chairman of the Board of Directors of Tamar Petroleum, a yield company which holds 16.75% of the rights in the Tamar and Dalit leases.

As CEO of Delek Drilling, Mr. Abu led the negotiations that culminated in the signing of regional export agreements with Jordan and Egypt for the sale and supply of natural gas from Leviathan and Tamar. He also led on closing Delek Drilling’s share in the financing needed to develop the Leviathan reservoir from a consortium of banks headed by JP Morgan and HSBC, totaling 1.75 billion dollars.

Directed the company’s activity in a range of commercial matters, markedly negotiating the deals for exporting natural gas from Tamar and Leviathan. Managed the activity of Delek Drilling vis-à-vis the authorities in all matters related to licenses, taxation and royalties, national outline plans and other ratifications.

Served as a senior professional adviser to Israel’s then Minister of Finance, Roni Bar-On. Assisted and implementing Israel’s then economic policy, and handled the continuing activity of a variety of commercial, economic and social matters vis-à-vis the different divisions of the Ministry of Finance, other government ministries and the private sector. Was involved in the management of Israel’s fiscal policy during the years of the global financial crisis.