Rafi Taterka
Rafael 'Rafi' Taterka (Hebrew: רפאל 'רפי' טטרקה; Born on July 28, 1950) is an Israeli manager, since the year 2000 presides as the CEO of the state-owned enterprise (SOE) Petroleum and Energy Infrastructures Ltd. (PEI).[1][2] Served for nearly three decades in the Israeli Security Agency (ISA).
Biography
Personal Life
Taterka was born in Israel, the son of Ilana (Ilza) Pollack Taterka and Dov Heinz Taterka. His mother, Ilana, was a Holocaust survivor, formerly exiled to Cyprus following the high seas capture of the immigrant's ship Latrun by the British Mandate in 1946, on which she was aboard attempting to immigrate to Mandatory Palestine. His father, Dov, fearing for his life, fled from Europe to Mandatory Palestine only months before the outbreak of World War II (WWII). Dov joined the British Military in the fight against Nazi Germany, fighting in the North African Campaign. After the war, Dov joined the "Hagana Organization", later to fight for the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) in the Israeli War of Independence, where he was severely injured. The two married in 1949, giving birth to Rafi and his sister.
Today, Taterka resides in Hod-Hasharon, Israel and is married, a father of three and a grandfather.
Security Services Career
Following his release as an officer in the IDF, Taterka began to serve in the Israeli Security Agency (ISA) in a junior role at an operational unit, rapidly advancing through the ranks. In 1978, Taterka was appointed to lead the Operation Division, under the Operation Branch of the ISA, a role filled by him until 1983. Promptly, Taterka was appointed to lead the ISA's Special Assignments Department, filling the role for four years, until 1987. During that time, the Bus 300 Affair (Kav 300 Affair) demanded a recovery plan in order to improve the agency's morality and return the public's trust in it. Among the actions taken to fulfill the goals, Taterka was appointed in 1987 to stand at the head of the Operation Branch of the ISA, a role he filled until 1994, making him one of the youngest branch leaders in ISA's history, having to stand up to the challenges of the violent First Intifada uprising. Thanks to operational technological developments initiated by Taterka, an ISA team under his leadership won the Israel Defense Prize. In 1994, he was appointed to be the ISA's head of staff division and deputy of the director general, filling these roles for three years, until 1997.[3] During this period, Taterka was responsible for managing the ISA's headquarter, organizational structure and staff. Furthermore, he was a member of the ISA and Mossad Disciplinary Tribunal. In his role as director general's deputy, and following the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, Taterka was directed to rehabilitate the ISA's array of personal protection to senior public officials. In 1997, ending his role, he then retired from his career in the ISA, pursuing a career in the private sector.
Private Sector Career
Pursuant to his retirement from the ISA, Taterka has set forth to the private sector. His roles in private businesses began between the years 1999 to 2000 as the head of the PAL division in Ituran, while during the year 2000 presided as a board member for Oil Refineries Ltd. In the latter part of his roles in Ituran and Oil Refineries, Taterka applied his candidacy for the CEO position at Petroleum and Energy Infrastructures Ltd. He was later appointed to the position, at the end of the year 2000. Between the years of 2000 to 2004, Taterka presided as a board member of Pi-Glilot, being its Chairman between 2000 and 2001. In addition, Taterka is a board member for the Israeli Institute of Energy and Environment since the year 2000.
Position as CEO of Petroleum and Energy Infrastructures Ltd.
In December 2000, Taterka began his role as the CEO of Petroleum and Energy Infrastructures Ltd. (PEI),[4] and its subsidiary Oil Products Pipeline Ltd. (OPP) Both companies are state-owned enterprises (SOE), in complete ownership when the State of Israel holds 100% of PEI, and PEI holds 100% of OPP. Both companies work together in storage and transportation of oil products, and the planning, construction and maintenance of infrastructures for oil products.
During his tenure as CEO, Taterka faced many challenges that changed the company's image and its organizational culture. For example, at the dawn of his tenure, PEI and OPP were both continuously losing, fraught with appointments of cronies and fraudulent conduct by employees,[5] while today they are both considered responsibly managed,[6] as the national oil infrastructure provider, and profitable.[7][8] Another challenge faced by PEI in Taterka's tenure came in the summer of 2012, with the failure of the natural gas pipeline,[9] importing natural gas from Egypt to power Israel's power plants. PEI was forced to supply enough fuel to replace natural gas in the production of electricity, standing up to the challenge without compromising the fulfillment of fuel supply for civilian transportation and other market needs.
On November 1st, 2016, the Israeli State Comptroller's Office released its annual report, auditing PEI among other SOEs. The report found serious flaws in the work of PEI regulators, finding them responsible for its hardship in managing and maintaining the infrastructures. Among the findings are: the lack of normative, legal and regulatory framework for the Israeli energy economy; the lack of development plan for energy infrastructures in the Gulf of Haifa, needed to relocate PEI's oil storage compound in the City of Haifa to a cleaner and modern facility; disputes between regulators on who has authority over storage tank protection in Haifa; delays in granting of construction permits to the replacement of pipeline in the City of Haifa jurisdiction.
On January 2nd, 2017, Taterka announced his resignation from the company, after over 16 years tenure.
Education
Taterka holds two Master's Degrees (M.A.) in Political Science from Haifa University, one of which in National Securities Studies, and the other in Public Policy. The two degrees were preceded by a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science, also from Haifa University. Furthermore, he is a graduate from Harvard Business School's Advanced Management Program (A.M.P. 154), and a graduate of the Israeli National Defense College.
Finally, Taterka holds a diploma from the Senior Director Training Program of Tel-Aviv University.
References
- ↑ "Dun's 100 – Rafi Taterka from the company Petroleum & Energy Infrastructures Ltd". DUN'S 100 Site. Retrieved 2017-02-19.
- ↑ "Rafi Taterka: Executive Profile & Biography – Bloomberg". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2017-02-19.
- ↑ Pedahzur, Ami (2010-01-01). The Israeli Secret Services and the Struggle Against Terrorism. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-14043-0. Search this book on
- ↑ "http://www.pei.co.il/?langid=2". www.pei.co.il. Retrieved 2017-02-19. External link in
|title=(help) - ↑ Bior, Haim (2017-08-12). "Labor Tribunal: Employers Entitled to Know Workers' Whereabouts". Haaretz. Retrieved 2017-02-19.
- ↑ "Code of Ethics". www.pei.co.il. Retrieved 2017-02-19.
- ↑ "PEI to pay state NIS 74.5m dividend – Globes English". Globes (in עברית). Retrieved 2017-02-19.
- ↑ "Business in Brief". Haaretz. Retrieved 2017-02-19.
- ↑ Reuters; Bar-Eli, Avi (2016-12-07). "Israeli Firms Eye Lucrative Energy Deal With Egypt Despite Ruling". Haaretz. Retrieved 2017-02-19.
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