Maj. Gen. Nimrod Sheffer served as CEO and President of Israel Aerospace Industriesafter completing 36 years of service as a combat pilot in the Israel Air Force. His service in the Air Force included many positions up to Head of Air Operations and Chief of Air Staff. His final IDF posting was Head of the Planning Directorate of the General Staff. General Sheffer has a master's degree in public administration from Harvard University and a bachelor's in geophysics and planetary sciences from Tel Aviv University.
Nimrod lives in Nataf Israel, is married to Haya and has four children.