Moni Katz

Moni Katz was born in 1965 in Bat Yam

Moni Katz was born in Bat Yam in 1965. He grew up in Jerusalem and later in Neve Monosson. He is a father of 4.

He joined the IDF in 1983 and moved from the armored corps to the Shaldag Unit, where he commanded a team and later a company. After his release in 1989 he earned a bachelor's degree in physics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and worked about a year as a programmer at Amdocs. He later earned a master's degree in business administration at Tel Aviv University.

He returned to service in 1993 and commanded the Givati reconnaissance unit, the Rotem battalion and the Shaldag Unit. He then led Brigade 5, the northern Gaza brigade and the Givati Brigade. As a brigadier general he commanded the Hamaatz formation and the Galilee Division, and helped set up the Depth Command.

In 2017 he was promoted to major general and named commander of the Depth Command, a post he left in 2020. In 2021 he became vice president for strategy and Israel marketing at Israel Aerospace Industries. There he worked on business strategy, long term growth plans and the company's artificial intelligence strategy.