Eli Groner, previously director-general of the Israeli prime minister’s office, has joined Koch Disruptive Technologies (KDT), an investment subsidiary of US-based chemicals and energy conglomerate Koch Industries.
KDT has hired Groner as an Israel-based managing director. It finances companies in diverse industries in the US and abroad, and the first deal it led was a $150m series E round for Israel-based ultrasound surgery technology developer InSightec in December 2017, a month after the unit was launched.
Groner assumed his previous position in 2015 after confirmation from the Israeli cabinet, and liaised between the incumbent prime minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, and various government deparments.
In this capacity, Groner advised Netanyahu on national budget negotiations and economic policies. He also co-chaired China-Israel joint economic task force and oversaw National Cyber Bureau as well as the National Program for Smart Mobility launched by Israel in January 2017.
Before that, Groner was an economic attaché at the embassy of Israel to the US, a role also confirmed by the cabinet of Israel, where he was involved in government-to-government economic cooperation, focusing on military aid and loan guarantees.
Photo of Eli Groner courtesy of LinkedIn.
