Matanyahu Englman
State Comptroller of Israel
Assumed office
June 3, 2019
Preceded byYosef Shapira
Personal details
Born1966 (age 57–58)
Jerusalem

Matanyahu Englman (Hebrew: מתניהו אנגלמן; b. June 8, 1966) is the State Comptroller and Ombudsman of the State of Israel.He is also the first Vice-President of EUROSAI, the European Organization on Supreme Audit Institutions. [1]He is slated to become president of the organization in 2024.[2]

Biography

Matanyahu Englman was born in Jerusalem to Binyamin (Robert) and Hasia Englman, and grew up in Rehovot. His father was a physicist at the Soreq Institute. His maternal grandfather was Yehuda Kiel, a noted Bible scholar and winner of the Israel Prize in Jewish Studies in 1992 for his commentary on the Bible. Englman earned a BA in economics and accounting and an MA in business administration from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. [3]Englman is married to Avigail, a social worker, daughter of former Governor of the Bank of Israel Moshe Mandelbaum. They live in Nof Ayalon and have six children. [4] Englman is a marathon runner who has participated in seven marathons. [5]

Accounting career

From 1991-1999, Englman worked as a CPA for Fahn, Kanneh & Co. (a member firm of Grant Thorton International). [6]

Public service career

From 1999-2005, Englman was Deputy Director General of the Jerusalem College of Engineering. [7] In 2004-2017, Englman served as Audit Committee Director of Joint Israel and its affiliated organizations. From 2005-2010, he was CEO of the Shoham Local Council. [8]In 2010, he was appointed Deputy Director-General of the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. In 2014, he was promoted to Executive Vice President and Director-General. In 2018-2019, he served as CEO of the Council for Higher Education in Israel. [9]

Englman was elected by the Knesset to the office of State Comptroller in June 2019, [10]defeating Giora Romm, the opposition candidate, in a secret ballot.[11] He took office on July 4, 2019. [12]Englman was the first non-judge to be elected to the oversight role in over three decades and described as having a less-activist, more conservative approach to the position.[13]

In September 2019, Englman approved Netanyahu's request to receive a $2 million loan for his legal defense from American businessman Spencer Partridge. The decision was criticized by the Movement for Quality Government in Israel.[14]

Eurosai

At the EUROSAI Congress in Prague in April 2021, Englman was elected next president of the organization. In his acceptance speech, he pledged to “work in the spirit of the organization to promote auditing practices that are contemporary, relevant, professional, enterprising, progressive and innovative, for the public good." [15]As vice president, of EUROSAI, he co-authored a report with SAI from other countries on the need for change in the global workforce, setting goals for the coming year. [16]

Reports

Englman published 107 reports in 2020 and 108 reports in 2021. These reports have covered a wide variety of topics, with a special emphasis on climate [17] and cyber security.[18]In 2021, Englman warned that a chronic shortage of skilled employees in the Israeli high-tech sector posed a strategic threat to the high-tech industry and Israeli economy. [19]Based on his findings, he also claimed that Israel is unprepared for a climate crisis, which could lead to shortages of food and water, economic decline and public health issues. [20]

References

  1. ^ State Comptroller and Ombudsman Matanyahu Englman participated in a conference of the European Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (EUROSAI), which he will head starting in 2024
  2. ^ Israeli comptroller to push climate issues at global UAE conference
  3. ^ The Knesset
  4. ^ סרוגים משפיעים מתניהו אנגלמן:
  5. ^ How independent is State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman, Jerusalem Post
  6. ^ Matanyahu Englman: Ninth State Comptroller and Ombudsman of the State of Israel
  7. ^ Matanyahu Englman: Ninth State Comptroller and Ombudsman of the State of Israel
  8. ^ How independent is State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman, Jerusalem Post
  9. ^ Engelman, the candidate of the government coalition, defeated opposition candidate Giora Rom, Globes
  10. ^ "Knesset elects PM's nominee Matanyahu Englman as next state comptroller", Times of Israel, 3 June, 2019
  11. ^ Engelman, the candidate of the government coalition, defeated opposition candidate Giora Rom, Globes
  12. ^ Matanyahu Englman: Ninth State Comptroller and Ombudsman of the State of Israel
  13. ^ "Matanyahu Englman is elected state comptroller", Jerusalem Post, 3 June 2019.
  14. ^ "Overruling own office, ombudsman okays PM's loan to pay legal bills", Times of Israel, September 4, 2019.
  15. ^ Israel’s state comptroller to head EUROSAI
  16. ^ Israel’s start-up nation status must be fought for – comptroller, Jerusalem Post
  17. ^ הדו"ח דחייב לטלטל את האקלים המחשבתי בממשלה
  18. ^ מערכות המידע והגנת הסייבר בבחירות לכנסת
  19. ^ “Chronic tech labor shortage poses a risk to Israel’s economy, state comptroller warns, Calcalist
  20. ^ Israel unprepared for climate crisis, state watchdog says,” Ynet
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