Moshe Vigdor has been appointed to the position of Director General of the Mandel Foundation-Israel, effective November 2012.

Vigdor is one of the most experienced managers in Israel in the field of education. Over a period of 13 years he served as Vice President and Director General of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Subsequently he was Director General of the Jewish Agency and over the last few years he has been the Director General of the Council for Higher Education and the Planning and Budgeting Committee.

In announcing the appointment to the Foundation leadership team in Jerusalem, Prof. Jehuda Reinharz, the Foundation’s President said, “I am delighted to have Moshe Vigdor as a partner in the broadening and deepening of the educational activity of the Mandel Foundation-Israel. I have no doubt that Moshe’s experience in management and in education will contribute greatly to all areas of the Foundation’s work.”