With over 20 years of extensive experience in initiating and managing exploration and production projects around the world, Gideon serves as the chairman of Navitas Petroleum.

Gideon is one of the founders and the main drivers behind the success of the oil and gas industry in the Eastern Mediterranean. In his previous role as chairman of Delek Drilling and CEO of Avner Neft, Gideon led the successful development of the Tethys Sea project, the first producing natural gas reservoir in Israel discovered in 2000.

Gideon continued to lead the development of the Oil & The gas sector in Israel with the most successful offshore campaign partnerships, which enable the discovery of over 42 TCF of natural gas in Israel and Cyprus (including 22 TCF Leviathan and the 11 TCF Tamar field). The Tamar natural gas field has been producing natural gas since 2013.

Gideon holds an LL.B. in law from Tel Aviv University, Israel, a member of the Israel Bar Association and holds the rank of Major in the Israel Defense Forces.

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