Mati Leshem

Mati Leshem was born in 1960 in United States

Mati Leshem was born in 1960 in the United States. In 1970 he moved to Israel with his parents. He lives in Moshav Shilat and is a father of 3.

He earned a BSc in mechanical engineering at the Technion in 1989. In 1998 he studied strategy and management at the U.S. Army War College. In 2005 he completed an MBA at Ben-Gurion University and MBA studies in marketing at UCI in California.

He joined the Armored Corps in 1978 and fought in Lebanon in 1982 as a company commander. He later commanded battalions, Brigade 213 and the 188th Brigade, and was involved in developing the Merkava Mark 3 and Mark 4 tanks. In 2001 he became a brigadier general and commanded Division 319, whose units took part in Operation Defensive Shield.

He left the army in 2005 and became CEO of Aspect Magnet Technologies. He was CEO of Auto Center from 2006, VP of operations at Soltam Systems from 2008, and CEO of Steelcon from 2015 to 2018. In 2014 he joined the board of Black Cube, and since 2020 he has worked as an independent adviser.

He continues to serve in the reserves. During the Swords of Iron War he volunteered as a heavy truck driver. He is also a civilian pilot and a motorcyclist.