El Al names Nashville energy firm director as new chief executive

Israeli flag-carrier El Al has named Avigal Soreq as its new CE, succeeding Gonen Usishkin who will step down at the end of January next year. Soreq is the chief operating officer of Delek US Holdings, an energy firm based just south of Nashville, Tennessee, and specialising in assets associated with petroleum refining and logistics, as well as convenience stores in the southern USA. He will take over as the head of El Al on 31 January 2021, the airline has disclosed.<br/>