Yossi Abu

Yossi Abu was born in 1977

Yossi Abu was born on December 7, 1977, in the Jerusalem District. He earned a bachelor's degree in law with honors from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He then did his legal internship at the Yigal Arnon law firm in Tel Aviv.

From 2007 to 2009 he advised Finance Minister Roni Bar-On. In March 2009 he became manager of commerce and regulation at Delek Energy. In 2011 he was promoted to CEO of Delek Drilling, later renamed NewMed Energy.

He led the development of the Tamar gas field and the exploration that found the Leviathan reservoir in 2010. He led talks with Jordan and Egypt on regional gas export deals. He was also CEO of Avner Oil and Gas in 2016 and 2017, chaired Tamar Petroleum from 2017 until 2019, and became CEO of Delek Energy in 2018.

In September 2021 he signed the sale of NewMed Energy's 22% stake in Tamar to Mubadala Petroleum of the UAE, a deal valued at about $1.1 billion. In August 2022 he signed a memorandum with Enlight on green energy projects in Egypt, the UAE, Morocco and other places. He ended his term as CEO in July 2026.