EVP & GM Aviation
IAI Aviation Group

Yaacov Berkovitz is Executive Vice President and General Manager of IAI Aviation at Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI).
He leads IAI Aviation’s activities across aeronautical engineering, passenger-to-freighter (P2F) conversions, aircraft modernization programs, maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO), engine services, aerostructures and flight test operations.

With more than 35 years of experience in the aerospace industry, Berkovitz has held senior leadership roles across engineering, business development, marketing , program management and operations in global aviation programs.

Berkovitz holds a B.Sc. in Aeronautical Engineering and an M.Sc. in Quality Assurance from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, as well as an LL.B. from Ono Academic College.