Our team
Galith, a singer born in Casablanca, promotes brotherhood, tolerance, and coexistence. After 12 years in Morocco, her family moved to Paris, where she embraced her diverse background and advocated for multiculturalism. With a master's from Sorbonne University, fluent in six languages, she lives between France, the UK, and Israel. Her album, "Mosaic," blends oriental rhythms and Andalusian sounds with lyrics in Hebrew, Arabic, Spanish and more.
Married to tech entrepreneur Jean-David Benichou, they co-founded Abramundi to promote reconciliation and innovation in MENA/GCC.
Jean-David Benichou is a French and Israeli entrepreneur and business angel.
Founder of 15 technology companies since 1992 and investor in over 120 startups since 2010, Jean-David divides his time between France, England and Israel.
Co-founder with his wife of Abramundi, he has been working for years to promote coexistence and shared prosperity among the descendants of Abraham in North Africa, the Middle East and the Gulf. Since 2018, he has been teaching entrepreneurship in the Master 2 programme at PSL Dauphine University.
Pauline joined Abramundi initially as a contributor and editor, before assuming the role of Executive Director in April 2024.
With a wealth of experience in lobbying, public diplomacy, educational and academic cooperation between France and the Middle East, she began her career in an NGO before working for the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Israel. She is multilingual in French, English, Spanish, Hebrew and Arabic, holds a Bachelor's degree in History from Lyon III University and a double Master's degree in Political Science and International Relations from Assas and Sorbonne Universities. She has also been an auditor of the Institute of Higher Studies in National Defence (IHEDN, Paris).
Salomé has been working for Abramundi since 2022 as a freelance contributor and editor.
After an intensive literary education through a hypokhâgne and a khâgne at Victor Duruy High in Paris, she entered the ESCP master's program in management. Thanks to this hybrid background, she brings an in-depth, cross-disciplinary view of cultural, technological and entrepreneurial problematics in the Middle East. At the same time, Salomé puts her pen to work on urban issues for the think-tank Chôros, and is a member of the France Culture jury for the Roman des Étudiants Prize. Multilingual in French, English and Spanish, she also fluently reads Hebrew, both biblical and modern.
Sarah, a 28-year-old Moroccan, joined Abramundi in 2024. Today, she balances two professional passions: Content Editor for Abramundi.org and Business Developer in the FoodTech industry.
With a solid academic background, Sarah graduated with a Bachelor's degree in journalism and communications, then followed up with a Master's degree in the Grande École Programme at Skema Business School. She is fluent in French, English and Arabic. Since joining Abramundi.org, her main goal has been to contribute to a positive media that reflects her own values and has an engaging and inspiring editorial approach.
Tomer has been a contributor to Abramundi.org since March 2024, after joining the Abraseed investment team.
He is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Prosperity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship at UCL and is a graduate of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Tomer is passionate about making a real-world impact through entrepreneurship in the MENA region. He previously worked in Dubai with various companies in the climate-tech, agri-foodtech, industry 4.0, and retail sectors. He focused on scaling up their businesses locally, developing go-to-market strategies, and negotiating deals with local partners.