Eli Groner, Selection Committee Member

Eli Groner is an investor and public policy advisor. He is Chairman of the Board of Sight Diagnostics and Board Member of Percepto. Most recently, Groner was Managing Director, Israel for Koch Disruptive Technologies, focusing on long-term investments in Israeli companies.

Groner was the Director General of the Office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from June 2015 to May 2018. The Director-General is Israel's senior-most civil servant, responsible for most domestic and international policy decisions. He is also responsible for 1,300 civil servants reporting to him.

Prior to assuming his role as Director General, Groner was the economic attaché to Washington, a position also requiring cabinet confirmation. Groner's time in the public sector was preceded by two years as a senior advisor to the Chairman of Tnuva, Israel's largest consumer packaged goods company, six years as a consultant at McKinsey & Company, and five years as a journalist at The Jerusalem Post.

Groner graduated from Bar-Ilan University in Ramat Gan, Israel, and has an MBA from New York University. He lives in Elazar, Israel, with his wife Tamar and five children.