A fertilizer granule, a plant-based burger, a flame-resistant circuit board. ICL connects them through mineral chemistry - and a costly battery detour shows where that logic reaches its limits.

From the arguments inside a boardroom to the shipping lanes that feed farms, ICL’s deputy CEO has built a career around obligations, decisions and their consequences.

He spent years running unmanned-aircraft and intelligence businesses. At ICL, Elad Aharonson is applying a different kind of precision: expanding crop nutrition and food ingredients while deciding which ambitions to leave behind.