Nurit Gal is the director of the electricity regulation division at the Public Utility Authority in Israel. Prior to that she was the director of the systems analysis department at the IDF general staff, holding the rank of Colonel. Mrs. Gal is currently also a Ph.D. candidate at Tel-Aviv University. Her primary research is in the area of competition in electricity markets and the effect of uncertainty in fuel prices on competition.

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Mrs. Gal holds a PhD  from Recanati Business School,  Tel Aviv University, a B.Sc. in Physics and Math from the Hebrew University, a M.Sc. in management from Tel Aviv University, a Master in Public Administration from Harvard Kennedy School of Government and a Master in International Energy Policy from Johns Hopkins University.

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Nurit Gal has been the Deputy Director General of Electricity and Regulation at the Electricity Authority since 2014. Prior to that, she served in the IDF with the rank of Colonel. In her most recent position in the IDF, she managed the Systems Analysis Center at the General Staff and was responsible for formulating the multi-year plan for the IDF's force building. Prior to that, she was the head of the organization's department at the General Staff and coordinated the work of the headquarters for the reorganization of the army after the Second Lebanon War.

Nurit holds a bachelor's degree in physics and mathematics as part of the Talpiot program at the Hebrew University, a master's degree in business administration from Tel Aviv University, a master's degree in public policy from Harvard University and a master's degree in energy policy from Johns Hopkins University. She recently completed her doctoral dissertation in the Faculty of Management at Tel Aviv University on the subject: "The effect of uncertainty in natural gas prices on investments in a competitive electricity economy."