Yoav Turgeman

Yoav Turgeman was born in 1962

Yoav Turgeman was born in 1962 and grew up in Hadera. He was the fourth of 6 children of parents who immigrated from Morocco. His father worked in a tire factory and his mother was a kindergarten teacher.

He studied at a boarding school in a technological reserve track. He holds bachelor's and master's degrees in electrical engineering from Tel Aviv University. He also earned a master's in law for non-lawyers from Bar-Ilan University and a master's in political science from the University of Haifa.

He joined the naval officers course and held staff and command posts in the Israeli Navy. His last IDF role was instructing at the National Security College. He left the IDF after 25 years with the rank of colonel.

In 2006 he joined Israel Aerospace Industries, where he headed the Arrow program administration. In 2012 he became manager of the MLM plant in Be'er Ya'akov, and in June 2018 he became CEO of Elta, replacing Nissim Hadas. In December 2023, during the Swords of Iron war, Rafael named him its CEO, and he took office in February 2024.

He is married with 5 children and lives in northern Israel.