Mr Van Brauman is currently senior vice president and CFO of Zion Oil & Gas. He has over 22 years of experience in corporate tax and accounting analysis, and is certified in tax law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.

In addition to working as a tax partner in several private law firms, Mr Van Brauman spent 12 years as a senior attorney with the office of chief counsel at the Internal Revenue Service, following which he spent three years as a tax consultant with the global accounting firms of Deloitte & Touche and Grant Thornton.