Ofer Malka

Ofer Malka was born in 1963 in Hadera

Ofer Malka was born in 1963 in the Givat Olga neighborhood and grew up in Hadera. From 1978 to 1981 he studied at the military boarding school attached to the Hebrew Reali School in Haifa. He holds a bachelor's degree in economics, a master's in public administration, and bachelor's and master's degrees in law.

He joined the IDF in 1981 in Shayetet 13, was wounded, and moved to the Golani Brigade. He fought in Beirut during Operation Peace for Galilee and later rose to command posts. In 1991 and 1992 he commanded the Granit infantry battalion in the Nahal Brigade.

In 1993 he joined the Mossad, where he served for 18 years in operational roles. From 2008 to 2011 he headed a mission at the Israeli embassy in Italy. After retiring in 2012 he worked for about a year with the venture capital fund JVP.

In 2014 he became chief executive of the Hadera Economic Company, which was then in difficulty and under police investigation, and he left at the end of 2017. In 2018 he joined the cyber defense firm CYE to manage business development. In June 2020 Transport Minister Miri Regev appointed him director general of her ministry, and he resigned in June 2021 after the minister changed.

In 2024 Regev recommended him to head the Israel Airports Authority, but the senior appointments committee rejected him for not meeting the threshold requirements.