Our team is a professional and dedicated cohort that believes in our work to mitigate climate change and empower companies to engage in the global carbon markets. There are ways for your company to grow sustainably, responsibly and efficiently and we have the experience to help you see results.

We have years of experience in carbon management services, environmental and sustainable business development, academic research and national environmental policy.

Read more about our team members by clicking individual profiles...

The Elysium Staff

Yitzhak Goren
Mr. Goren is a partner at Elysium. He is an environmental management expert and former Executive Director of the Israeli Ministry of the Environment. He currently consults for leading international corporations.


Dr. Noam Gressel
Dr. Gressel is a managing partner at Elysium. He is an environmental management specialist and has been involved in various aspects of greenhouse gas emissions for over ten years. He served as a consultant for the Inter-ministerial Commission on Climate Change in Israel and the UNFCCC.

Dr. Gressel is the founder and CEO of Assif-Strategies and a venture partner at Greylock Partners, a leading American venture capital firm with offices in Israel.

Dr. Gressel earned his B.Sc. at the Faculty of Agriculture at the Hebrew University in Israel and his Ph.D. at the Department of Environmental Science, Policy & Management at the University of California at Berkeley.

Dr. Gressel formerly served as Executive Director for the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies and as Science Director at the Israel Union for Environmental Defense. He has also served as Council of the Israel Broadcasting Authority and as Chair of its Oversight Committee.

Ofer Ben-Dov MES
Mr. Ben-Dov is CTO of Elysium and is an energy and environment specialist with vast experience in feasibility studies, environmental business strategies and management systems, renewable energy, and greenhouse gas reductions.

He has a graduate degree in Business Strategies for Renewable Energy and a diploma in Business & Environment from York University, Canada. His research on renewable energy business strategies earned him the prestigious International e7 Sustainable Energy Development Scholarship.

Previously, he served as campaign director for Greenpeace Mediterranean in Israel and was a founding member of The Natural Step in Israel.


Elisheva Blum, MBA
Ms. Blum is a consulting project manager at Elysium and is a sustainability specialist with over five years of experience in Natural Capitalism, Eco-efficient Design, and ISO14001. Ms. Blum led an Eco-Design team and sustainability group at a large multi-national high-tech company. She completed a B.S.E. in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan and a MBA from Tel Aviv University and Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management


Ohad Agranat, M.Sc
Mr. Agranat is a project manager at Elysium and is an ecology and biotechnology specialist. Mr. Agranat has vast experience in organic chemistry and microbiology. He conducted research on inorganic carbon capture by microorganisms and was part of a research group focusing on organic pigment production from microalgae by the utilization of CO₂.

He earned a masters degree in Microalgal Biotechnology at the Albert Katz International School for Desert Studies of the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

Presently he is working on GHG reduction projects, renewable energy implementation, and biodiesel research.


Gali Gingold, M.Sc
Ms. Gingold is an ecology and environmental accounting expert with specialization in conservation, technology research, analysis, and greenhouse gas accounting. Presently she is working on a broad range of projects including greenhouse gas accounting and reduction projects in the agriculture and biotech sectors, as well as projects in the energy and transportation sectors.

Ms. Gingold earned a masters degree in Ecology and Conservation at the Tel-Aviv University.