Jonathan Shimshoni

Jonathan Shimshoni was born in 1950 in Israel

Jonathan Shimshoni was born in Israel on May 29, 1950. His parents were Rose and Daniel Shimshoni. His father was one of the founders of the Israeli Air Force.

He served in the Artillery Corps, first as an officer in Battalion 55 under Oded Tira. He later commanded that battalion, led fire support for the Paratroopers Brigade, headed the Tulkarm district during the First Intifada, and commanded Artillery Group 215. His last post was deputy head of the Planning Directorate for strategy, with the rank of brigadier general.

He earned a PhD in public policy from Princeton University in 1985. He taught at Tel Aviv University, was a visiting lecturer at Princeton and a research fellow at MIT. He represented Israel on a UN committee on transparency in arms deals and sat on committees of the National Security Council.

From 1994 to 2003 he was a managing partner in the consulting arm of PwC in Israel. He also led Rescue Systems, a company for evacuating high-rise buildings, and chaired an ASTM subcommittee on evacuation. In 2008 he was a director at Hatchof, and he sits on the boards of the Jerusalem Foundation and the New Israel Fund.