Google Promotes Riki Drori to Vice President

Google has promoted Riki Drori to vice president, one person familiar with the matter told Calcalist on condition of anonymity. Other than Drori, Google currently has three Israeli vice presidents— Meir Brand, who heads the company’s EMEA (Europe, the Middle East and Africa) business, Yossi Matias, who heads Google's research and development center in Israel, and Noam Bardin, co-founder and CEO of navigation app developer Waze, acquired in 2013 for $1.3 billion.

Drori has been with Google since 2006, holding various executive positions. Since 2018, she has led Google’s consumer products marketing in the EMEA and acted as YouTube’s chief marketing officer for the region.