Leadership

Ricki Gidoomal

Catalyst for Orality

Israel / MENA

Ricki Gidoomal serves as executive vice president of academic and partner services for Whole Word Institute and as a Lausanne catalyst for orality, and was a co-author and film producer of Master Storyteller: God’s Oral Communication in the Bible & Hebrew Tradition (COS/Lausanne).

He graduated from the University of Oxford with an MA (Oxon) in Russian and linguistics and has extensive experience in business, communications, and marketing, running marketing and translation agencies that served several multinational companies and NGOs.

Ricki grew up in the UK and has lived, worked, and ministered in English, Russian, Spanish, and Hebrew contexts. Currently Ricki and his wife live in Israel. They have three children and co-lead a local congregation.