▁largest ▁corpor ation , ▁T ap o oh i ▁gu ided ▁the ▁company ▁through ▁increasing ▁competition ▁in ▁the ▁international ▁tele communic ations ▁market ▁and ▁began ▁prepar ations ▁for ▁the ▁tele com ▁giant ' s ▁priv at ization , ▁completed ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 5 . ▁ ▁In ▁July ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁T ap o oh i ▁founded ▁In Q SO FT , ▁which ▁evaluated ▁and ▁recommended ▁invest ments ▁in ▁early - stage ▁high - tech ▁start ups ▁to ▁top - level ▁international ▁invest ors . ▁T ap o oh i ▁was ▁In Q SO FT ▁CE O ▁until ▁ 2 0 0 4 . ▁ ▁From ▁ 2 0 0 2 ▁to ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁T ap o oh i ▁served ▁on ▁the ▁board ▁of ▁direct ors ▁and ▁was ▁chairman ▁of ▁the ▁aud it ▁committee ▁for ▁Stra uss ▁Group ▁Ltd ▁ ▁. ▁In ▁the ▁latter ▁capacity , ▁T ap o oh i ▁was ▁closely ▁involved ▁in ▁the ▁company ' s ▁mer ger ▁with ▁El ite , ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁complex ▁corpor ate ▁mer gers ▁in ▁Israel ▁of ▁the ▁past ▁de cade . ▁ ▁He ▁was ▁director ▁of ▁Israel ▁Electric ▁Corporation ▁ ▁from ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁to ▁ 2 0 0 7 ▁and ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁board ▁of ▁direct ors ▁of ▁T ad ir an ▁Communic ations ▁Ltd . ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 5 . ▁ ▁T ap o oh i ▁also ▁served ▁on ▁the ▁bo ards ▁and ▁cha ired ▁the ▁aud