Ori Yogev

Ori Yogev (Hebrew: אורי יוגב; born November 3, 1960)[1] is an Israeli businessman who served as the appointed head of the Budget Division in the Ministry of Finance between 2002 and 2004.

He began his career in the Ministry of Finance at age 26 working as a referent in the area of subsidies and government imports.

Within a year, he was appointed senior adviser to the director of The Ministry of Finance, a position he held until leaving in 1990.

In 2002 Yogev was appointed by then Finance Minister Silvan Shalom as head of the Budget Division – the highest public sector position in the economic field.

[citation needed] In 2004, Yogev began representing Australian businessman John Gandel's investments in Israel.

His activities included investment in Plastro Irrigation Systems, the public company controlled by Kibbutz Gvat.

Following the realization of his holdings in Plastro, Yogev purchased Gandel's part in the company and brought in businesswoman Hanna Gertler as a partner.

In 2009, Yogev was appointed as Chairman of National Economic Council Advisory Committee and to the Prime Minister and lead the financial program and the Package deal with the Israeli Labor Union (Histadrut).

In that year, The Marker magazine ranked Yogev ninth in its list of the most influential people in the Israeli economy, based on his tenure as a consultant to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Chairman of the National Economic Advisory Council and to the Prime Minister).

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Yogev serves as the Chairman of Datumate Ltd., Esco Israel – Electricity & Energy Ltd., Future Mobility II, Tibar Ltd., Green Anchors Ltd., T.M.

[17] Yogev was responsible for drastically cutting allowances in the first decade of the 21st century, but also for supporting the Wisconsin plan encouraging work by reducing benefits, and investment in the transportation infrastructure.

Yogev is aggressively opposed to the existence of organized labor, and sees it as a burden on the economy and the leading cause of mediocrity and lack of professionalism.