Gidi Grinstein is the Founder and President of The Reut Institute, a non-partisan, non-profit policy-group based in Tel-Aviv. Gidi served as the Secretary and Coordinator of the Israeli negotiation team between Israel and the PLO in the Office and later the Bureau of Prime Minister Ehud Barak (1999 – 01).He served as an economist in the Israeli Navy (1991−95) and holds the rank of Captain (Res.).