The first woman in the position: Dina Ben Tal-Genensia was appointed CEO of El Al

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Dina Ben-Tal-Genensia, 48, has been appointed CEO of El Al.

Ben Tal-Genensia has been in various positions at El Al for 14 years and before that she advised the company as an external consultant on behalf of TASC, where she worked for 9 years. This is the first time in the company’s history that a woman will serve as CEO. The company also announced the appointment of Omri Cohen as Deputy CEO and Chief Operating Officer.

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Ben Tal-Genensia was appointed to the position after former CEO Avigal Soreq resigned after a year and three months. .

Sorek worked at Delek US for about 10 years in significant positions, until the position of VP of Operations, and he is expected to earn about $ 5 million in his new position, 14 times more than at El Al.

El Al ended 2021 with losses, but lower than those of 2020. The bottom line is that El Al reduced its loss to $ 413 million in 2021, compared to a loss of $ 531 million in 2020.

The company’s revenues in 2021 totaled $ 857 million, compared to about $ 623 million in 2020, a growth of 37.6%. The increase in revenue jumped by 20% annual operating expenses to $ 960 million, compared to $ 800 million in 2020.

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