Former El Al CEO Dina Ben Tal Gannasia Joins Ofer Yanai’s Nofar Energy Board
Translated & summarized from Calcalist by baba
Dina Ben Tal Gannasia, former El Al CEO, has joined Ofer Yanai’s Nofar Energy as an external director amid regulatory challenges in Israel’s energy sector.
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- Dina Ben Tal Gannasia appointed external director at Ofer Yanai’s Nofar Energy.
- She retired from El Al CEO role at the end of 2025 after three years.
- Ben Tal Gannasia also serves as an external director at Halal Communications.
- She exercised an 8 million shekel option following El Al’s $545 million profit in 2024.
- Israel’s Electricity Authority froze approvals for new data center farms for 140 days.
- Pending data center requests total 27,000 megawatts, triple Israel’s average electricity use.
Dina Ben Tal Gannasia, the former CEO of Israeli airline El Al, has been appointed as an external director at Nofar Energy, a company owned by Ofer Yanai. Ben Tal Gannasia announced her retirement from El Al a year ago and officially stepped down at the end of 2025 after serving three years as CEO. Her departure was initially linked to expectations of her moving to another executive role, but she has not taken on any new management positions since. Instead, she also serves as an external director at Halal Communications.
Two months before leaving El Al, Ben Tal Gannasia exercised an option worth 8 million shekels, following the company’s record profit of $545 million in 2024. The announcement of her new appointment at Nofar Energy comes amid challenging times for energy companies in Israel. The Electricity Authority recently announced a 140-day freeze on processing approvals for new data center farms, with pending requests totaling 27,000 megawatts, three times the average electricity consumption in Israel.
This development highlights ongoing regulatory and market pressures in Israel’s energy sector, coinciding with Ben Tal Gannasia’s transition into a strategic role within the industry.
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