Appointed: Dedi Perlmutter as chairman of an inter-ministerial team for increasing human capital in the high-tech industry

The Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Orit Farkash HaCohen, has appointed Dedi Perlmutter (67) as chairman of an inter-ministerial team for increasing human capital in the high-tech industry.
Perlmutter, one of the pioneers of Israeli high-tech and former vice president of Intel Global, will head an inter-ministerial team that will formulate recommendations for dealing with the manpower problem in the high-tech industry and increasing the employment of Israelis in the field. The team will submit its recommendations within no later than 180 days. The establishment of the team was included in the government decision on the Arrangements Act. This is against the background of the acute manpower crisis in the field and against the background of the fact that the government has set in its guidelines the goal of increasing employment in high-tech, from 10% to 15% of those employed in Israel within five years.
The team will also include the Director General of the Innovation Authority; the Director General of the Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology; Director General of the Ministry of Economy and Industry; Commissioner of Labor; Commissioner of Budgets at the Ministry of Finance; Chairman of the Ministry of Finance; Governor of the Bank of Israel and Chairman of the National Economic Council
Perlmutter ran in the 2019 elections as No. 2 of the Likud MK Orly Levy-Abaxis as part of the Gesher party, and even deposited guarantees for the party in the hundreds of thousands of shekels. After the scorching election failure (Bridge did not pass the blocking percentage) Perlmutter was forced to see the same guarantees go down the drain.
According to Minister Orit Farkash HaCohen, "The Corona period proved how important the high-tech industry in Israel is to the Israeli economy. This is the industry that pushed the Israeli economy forward and thanks to it the Israeli economy shows excellent growth despite the Corona. Of this field to the Israeli economy. "
Perlmutter said, "The high-tech industry in Israel is an engine of growth, productivity and employment. It is the locomotive of the Israeli economy. This industry must be kept strong and solid. There is a shortage of high-tech manpower and there is a lack of diversity in populations. "Preserve the significant and valued technological advantage that Israel has in the world and continue to be home to huge international companies alongside growing Israeli companies and excellent startups while reducing gaps and creating opportunities. The establishment of the committee is an important step in .