The founders

Ben Shahar is an expert in retail markets analysis and the operations of retail chains. In addition he has extensive experience in statutory planning, privatization of public services, public utility regulation and location theory. He was educated at Haifa University and the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, where he earned a masters degree in city and regional planning.

Czamanski is a world recognized urban and energy economist. He serves as professor at the Western Galilee College. For 35 years, he served as a professor at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology. Czamanski has three degrees in economics. He served as advisor of governments in the USA, Canada and Israel, served on the National Planning Board of Israel, was the chief economist of the National Regulatory Research Institute in the USA and senior vice president of the Canadian Energy Research Institute. He is the author of tens of books and academic papers in urban and energy economics.