Dov Bahrav’s hasty resignation on Tuesday as chairman of the Electric Company, even before he officially took office, caused a stir in the government company and outside it.
Bahrav’s retirement surprised and disappointed many factors within the IEC and the surrounding public circles. The rabbi was a candidate for the post of energy minister Karin Elharar. The minister and also officials in the electricity company itself hoped that the rabbi would help “clean up” the politics that had plagued the company. It was made clear to the rabbi in advance that he was entering to head a not-so-simple company and it was defined to him that his task was first and foremost to prevent improper processes.
The expectation from the rabbi, who previously served as chairman of IAI and CEO of Amdocs, was that he would be able to deal with the stirring and dirt. But after failing to block Meir Spiegler’s appointment to the position of CEO of the Electric Company, and when he saw that he could not even control the identity of the secretary of the board, he decided to retire soon.
“On the one hand, one can understand Dov. But on the other hand, we are angry with him,” a source close to the IEC told Globes. According to the source, “After all, the role of a chairman is to eradicate politics from society. So what does he suddenly say ‘I found out there is political involvement and now I’m going home’ ?! We were sure he was a Rottweiler who came to fight. He had to wait a little longer.”
One of the claims that is being heard these days is that the claim for interfering in what is happening at the top of the company also comes from the previous chairman of the company, Yiftach Ron Tal. Ron Tal, who left the electricity company about nine months ago to move to Migdal Insurance Company According to many testimonies inside and outside the company, Ron Tal did not let go of the company, and the fact that his spirit is still on the boardroom in the boardroom building on Hahashmal Street in Tel Aviv is allegedly one of the main reasons for the rabbi’s resignation.
Elharar is trying to appoint a replacement for the third time
It is now clear who will be appointed instead of the rabbi to head the board of directors of the large government company, which is in the midst of reform. The chairman of the company is a position that is supposed to appoint the Minister of Energy, subject to the approval of Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman, the board of directors of the Electric Company and the Government Companies Authority. In the rabbi was Elharar’s second attempt to appoint a chairman, after her first attempt was unsuccessful – with the disqualification of Amy Palmor for the position by the Companies Authority.
Elharar’s office is currently examining a number of potential names for the third attempt to appoint a chairman of the Electric Company. It is still unclear who exactly this is, but it is already possible to ask: IEC? Even if the company employs quality and dedicated professionals, various factors from various positions today lament the messy conduct of the board, especially by people who come to it outside the company and do their part, forge political deals to sew jobs and form alliances between them and contribution to the energy industry. Any contact.
Blitz the letters to examine the rabbi’s claims
Energy Minister Karin Elharar sent a letter to the State Comptroller, Matanyahu Engelman, asking him to examine the rabbi’s harsh allegations in his letter of resignation, regarding “aggressive involvement of political considerations among board members and executives, such as I have not seen in any of Mubilak’s senior positions.” .
In her appeal to the Comptroller, entitled “Allegations of lack of proper administration in the IEC,” Elharar wrote: In the letter, she mentioned media articles that covered the issue: “Similar allegations were published on 4.4.22 on the Globes website and described the company’s misconduct in promoting the appointment of the CEO before approving the appointment of the chairman of the board, as well as on the eve of “In the nomination of candidates for the position of CEO of the company and for the unacceptable conduct of the members of the search committee.”
In addition, additional letters with similar sentiments were sent from Elharar’s office to the Electric Company itself, as well as to the Government Companies Authority. A letter sent by Elharar to the IEC’s legal advisor, Adv. Yael Nevo, reads as follows: And of the board of directors, criteria for scoring candidates by members of the search committee and the board of directors and any other relevant material. “
In the shadow of the storm: IEC announces that the secretary of the board will continue in his position, but until when?
At the last minute and contrary to previous assessments heard in the energy industry, the IEC did not appoint Moore Halutz to the position of secretary of the company’s board of directors on Wednesday. The Electric Company said Snir Goldstein, the current secretary of the board, is continuing in his position. Despite the announcement of Goldstein’s stay, the IEC did not say whether the search process had been canceled, frozen or whether it would continue in the coming days. Halutz was the chief of staff of former energy minister Yuval Steinitz.
The IEC’s announcement of Goldstein’s stay came after Globes contacted the company, in which we asked why it was decided that Goldstein would not continue in his position, and who made the decision. Earlier, there were allegations that one of the reasons for Dov Bahar’s resignation as chairman of the Electric Company, even before he took office, was the pressure among board members to initiate the search for the position of secretary of the board, in which Halutz was ranked as the most suitable candidate.
The rabbi asked to keep Goldstein, at least temporarily, so that he could enter the position with an experienced secretary by his side, and so that he could, if necessary, advance himself in a search procedure for the position of secretary. Goldstein granted the rabbi’s request, but then the controversy began: Is it possible to stop the search for a new secretary that began in March?
The role of the secretary of the board of directors is to coordinate between the chairman, the board of directors and the management of the company. Bloch allegedly objected to this, and even threatened to issue a legal opinion if the IEC’s legal adviser approved the freezing of the procedure in which Halutz was selected.