team – Mind

WHO WE ARE

Management & Board of Directors

Major General (ret.) Amos Yadlin

President & Founder

Major General (ret.) Amos Yadlin

President & Founder

Former Head of Israel’s Defense Intelligence. Former Deputy Commander of Israel’s Air Force. Senior Fellow, Kennedy School’s Belfer Center, Harvard University. Top national security analyst in Channel 12. Former Executive Director, INSS. Serves as a chairman of Ben-Gurion Heritage Institute.

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Dr. Avner Golov

VP Research & Alliances

Dr. Avner Golov

VP Research & Alliances

Former Senior Director for Foreign Policy, National Security Council. Visiting Scholar, the Fletcher School, Tufts University. Adjunct lecturer, Reichman University. Served as director of research programs, INSS. Former adjunct researcher, Center for a New American Security (CNAS).

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Major General (ret.) Amikam Norkin

Board Member

Major General (ret.) Amikam Norkin

Board Member

Former Commander of Israel’s Air Force.

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Orly Hayardeny (CPA)

VP Finance & Operations

Orly Hayardeny (CPA)

VP Finance & Operations

Former deputy director general for Finance and Development, INSS. CFO at FIBI Holdings Ltd., the owner of the First International Bank of Israel. Serves as a director in several public and private companies. Former lecturer in the Department of Accounting and Business Administration at Tel Aviv University.

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Attorney Gil Raveh

Board Member

Attorney Gil Raveh

Board Member

Co-founder of Raveh Haber & Co. Possesses extensive experience in the fields of taxation and investment funds, international joint ventures, and over 25 years of legal counselling. Served as a Tax and Funds partner in several leading Israeli firms, and as a tax associate in law firms abroad.

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Ahiad Salton

Board Member

Ahiad Salton

Board Member

Founder & CEO at CONSALTON Ltd. business consulting. Carries over 25 years of executive managerial experience in local and global leading corporates, at diverse and complex business arenas, across many industry sectors. Served as the chairman of Berl Katznelson foundation.

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Pinchas (Pini) Cohen

Chairman

Pinchas (Pini) Cohen

Chairman

Chairman & Partner of NOY Fund. Chairman & Partner of America Israel Investments Ltd. Chairman of the board of trustees Holon Institute of Technology (HIT). Chairman of the Friends Association of the Rabin Medical Center. Served as chairman, CEO and member of numerous Boards of Directors over the years in Israel and abroad.

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Nathan Hetz

Board Member

Nathan Hetz

Board Member

Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Alony Hetz Properties and Investments Ltd. Serves as the chairman of the boards in Amot Investments Ltd, Carr Properties Corp. and Enrgix Renewable Energy Ltd.

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Advisory & Research Team

Sasson Hadad

Senior Advisor

Sasson Hadad

Senior Advisor

Brigadier General (Res) Dr. Sasson Haddad is a senior researcher and lecturer in Economics and National Security. Sasson was the chief financial advisor (CFO the IDF) to the Chief of Staff of the IDF and the head of the budget division of the Ministry of Defense (2014-2017). Sasson has a PH.D. from Tel Aviv University in business management and his dissertation dels with strategy and defense economy. Sasson was head of the Economic and National Security research program at INSS (2018-2021). Currently, he is a visiting lecturer for Economics and National security at Tel Aviv University.

Alon Bar

Senior Advisor

Alon Bar

Senior Advisor

Ambassador Alon Bar is a senior advisor to the Great-Power Competition (GPC) program at Mind Israel. He is a retired diplomat from the MFA of Israel where he served - among other posts - as Political Director General, Deputy Director General for Strategic affairs, Deputy Director General for the UN and International Organizations, and Ambassador to both Spain and Italy. He holds a BA degree in International Relations and Education from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.

Major General (ret.) Giora Eiland

Senior Advisor

Major General (ret.) Giora Eiland

Senior Advisor

Strategy and national security expert and consultant. former Head of Israel's National Security Council (N.S.C), and a former IDF General who held key positions as Head of the Operations Directorate and as Head of the Planning Directorate

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Noa Shusterman -Dvir

Program Director

Noa Shusterman -Dvir

Program Director

Noa is the Director of the Palestinians and the Region Program. Her focus is Israeli-Palestinian relations, Jordan, Egypt and cross-regional influences. She also leads MIND Israel's work on IMEC. Previously, she was a Researcher and Israel-Palestinian Relations Program Coordinator at INSS. She was formerly a Research and Communications Fellow at Israel Policy Forum (IPF).

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Brigadier General (ret.) Zeev Snir

Senior Advisor

Brigadier General (ret.) Zeev Snir

Senior Advisor

Zeev is an Israeli security official who served as the Director General of the Israel Atomic Energy Agency from 2015 to 2022. Prior to that, he was the Assistant Minister of Defense for NBCR Defense Special, and the Head of Material Command at the Israel Air Force HQ, holding the rank of Brigadier General. He earned a Bachelor’s degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the Technion in Haifa, Israel, graduating With Distinction in 1977. He also holds two Master’s degrees with honors: one in Aeronautical Engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, USA, With Distinction (1988), and another in National Resource Strategy from the National Defense University / ICAF in Washington D.C., USA, also with distinction.

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Oded Gertman

Program Director

Oded Gertman

Program Director

Oded is the Director of the Regional Integration Program. His focus is on the MENA region - balance of powers; religion issues; business scene, trends and etiquette. He is an expert of Arabic culture and language. He holds MA in Arabic and Islam with focus on Middle Eastern studies from Tel Aviv University and BA in Middle Eastern History and Arabic Language and Literature from Haifa University.

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Yigal Walt

Senior Researcher

Yigal Walt

Senior Researcher

Yigal is a senior researcher in the Europe-Israel Relations Program. He previously worked as an analyst at the US Embassy in Israel, and as managing editor of the English edition of Ynet, Israel's largest news website. He holds a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in Political Science from York University in Toronto, and a Master’s degree in History from the University of Edinburgh.

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Keren Ben Gal

Researcher

Keren Ben Gal

Researcher

Keren is a Middle Eastern researcher in the Regional and Palestinian Programs. She is currently completing her M.A. in Middle Eastern Studies, specializing in the Israeli-Palestinian arena, and holds a B.A. (summa cum laude) in Middle Eastern Studies and Political Science, both from Tel Aviv University. Before joining Mind, Keren worked as a Project Manager at the Azrieli Foundation and as a content writer and analyst at a consulting and research firm.

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Lior Dabush

Researcher

Lior Dabush

Researcher

Lior Dabush is a Middle East researcher and consultant specializing in Arab Gulf geopolitics and the Abraham Accords. She holds a B.A. in Political Science and Middle Eastern Studies from Ben-Gurion University and is pursuing an MBA at Reichman University. Lior has worked at the Embassy of Bahrain in Israel, focusing on bilateral cooperation, and is actively involved in peace activism and regional cooperation, promoting people-to-people diplomacy through various initiatives. She is also the founder of a business intelligence company.

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Amit Shalem

Personal Assistant

Amit Shalem

Personal Assistant

Amit is Gen Yadlin’s executive assistant and a researcher at Mind Israel. She holds a B.A. in Political Science & Communication from Tel Aviv University, where she is currently pursuing her master’s in security studies. Amit is a native speaker in both Hebrew and English and has lived in Israel, Turkey, Japan and New York.

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Dan Yachin

Senior Advisor

Dan Yachin

Senior Advisor

Dan is a senior researcher at the Critical Emerging Technologies Program, specializing in the contribution of deep tech and advanced science to national security. He has more than 20 years of experience in market and technology research and strategic consulting. Previously, he was the founder and director of the Emerging Technologies Group at IDC, a premier provider of market intelligence and advisory services for the global High-Tech industry.

Hilla Haddad Chmelnik

Senior Advisor

Hilla Haddad Chmelnik

Senior Advisor

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Sasson Hadad

Senior Advisor

Sasson Hadad

Senior Advisor

Yuval Weinreb

Program Director

Yuval Weinreb

Program Director

Yuval Weinreb is a China expert who combines deep analytical expertise with nearly two decades of hands-on experience in Chinese technology ecosystems and policy environments. As an independent researcher and strategic advisor, he provides critical insights on China's technological advancement, industrial policies, and their implications for the global business landscape, national security and geopolitics.

Amit Oshri

Researcher

Amit Oshri

Researcher

Amit is researcher and Gen. Yadlin’s Research and Executive assistant. She was a research assistant in the IDF Strategy Directorate, where her research focused on the War in Ukraine and its ramifications on a future Iran-Israel war. She is an alumnus of the BA Honors Track in Strategy and Decision-Making at the Lauder School of Government, Reichman University.

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Or Tzofi

Researcher

Or Tzofi

Researcher

Or is an analyst at the Critical Emerging Technologies Program, focusing on the intersection of technology and geopolitics. He holds a B.Sc. in Computer Science and Entrepreneurship from Reichman University and has a background in data science and artificial intelligence. Or speaks Hebrew, English, German, Spanish, French, and Italian at varying degrees of proficiency.

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Racheli Suggs

Reasercher

Racheli Suggs

Reasercher

Rachel Suggs is a researcher in the Israel-Diaspora Relations program. She is originally from the United States, and made Aliyah in September 2025. She holds a B.A. (summa cum laude) from The University of Chicago, where she triple-majored in Middle Eastern Studies, Jewish Studies, and Laws. Her university research focused on the role of the Hebrew Revival within the Zionist movement. Her published writing focuses on antisemitism and anti-zionism, and has appeared in the Times of Israel, the Jerusalem Post, and the Jerusalem Report.

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Shaked Ben Elya

Researcher

Shaked Ben Elya

Researcher

Shaked is a researcher in the Iran Program. Her focus is the Middle East region, with an emphasis on Iran's nuclear program and its activities in the region. Former member of the political team, Israeli Mission to the United Nations. Former research assistant, Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD).

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Eyal Grinboim (Grini)

Senior Advisor

Eyal Grinboim (Grini)

Senior Advisor

Brigadier General (Res.) Eyal Grinboim (Grini) Former Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff of the Israeli Air Force. With 35 years of service in the IAF, Grini led complex operations, shaped national security strategy and spearheaded technological and organizational transformations. He shares his expertise in managing high-pressure frameworks, collaborating with governments and international defense partners, and developing long-term national strategic plans. Today, he is passionate about bridging strategic thinking with inner awareness — exploring how clarity of mind, values-based leadership, and emotional insight can transform individuals, teams, and large entities.

Dr. Michal Hatuel Radoshitzky

Senior Advisor and Program Director

Dr. Michal Hatuel Radoshitzky

Senior Advisor and Program Director

Prior to joining Mind, Michal held various positions in the academic, philanthropic, and civil-society worlds, including the Azrieli Foundation, The Institute for National Security Studies (INSS); The Institute for Inclusive Security and the Geneva Initiative (HL Education for Peace). She is a Founding Member of Forum Dvorah: Women in Foreign Policy and National Security and an Adjunct Lecturer at Tel Aviv University. Michal has a PhD in Political Science and IR, an MA in Political Science, and a BA in Psychology and Media Studies – all from Tel Aviv University.

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Shlomo (Sami) Turjeman

Senior Advisor

Shlomo (Sami) Turjeman

Senior Advisor

Maj. Gen. (res.) Sami Turjeman is a veteran IDF officer with extensive leadership and strategic experience in national security and critical infrastructure. He served for decades in senior command and staff roles in the Israel Defense Forces, including Head of the Operations Directorate during the Second Lebanon War and the operation to destroy the Syrian nuclear reactor, Commander of the Ground Forces, and Commander of the Southern Command during Operation Protective Edge. Following his military service, he led the establishment from inception of Noga – Israel Independent System Operator, the government-owned company responsible for managing and operating Israel’s electricity system, and served as Chairman of its Board. Additionally, he chaired an independent expert committee that examined the quality and methodology of the IDF’s investigations into the events of October 7th.

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Nir Yannay

Senior Advisor

Nir Yannay

Senior Advisor

Nir Yannay is a Senior Advisor working on long term trends and strategy, The Israeli National Defense Doctrine, The Global and Regional competition, Strategic Partnerships and Force Buildup. He previously headed the IDF Strategic Planning Department and is a senior manager with interdisciplinary expertise, highly experienced in strategic planning, policy design and managing robust projects and growth plans.

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Brig. Gen. (Res.) Sima Vaknin Gill

Senior Advisor

Brig. Gen. (Res.) Sima Vaknin Gill

Senior Advisor

Brig. Gen. (Res.) Sima Vaknin Gill is a former intelligence officer in the Israeli air force, the Chief Censor of the state of Israel and Director General of the Ministry of Strategic Affairs and Public Diplomacy. Sima is the VP of strategy and development and managing director at ISGAP – The Institute for the Study of Antisemitism and Policy. She is also a member of the advisory Board of CAM - Combat Antisemitism Movement, and the chair of HETZ.

Udi Evental

Senior Advisor

Udi Evental

Senior Advisor

A Colonel (ret.). Expert in policy and strategic planning consulting for public and private sectors. Served as the head of the Strategic planning unit of the Israeli Ministry of Defense, intelligence attaché in Washington, and assistant to the military secretary of the Prime Minister.

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Zvika Haimovich

Senior Advisor

Zvika Haimovich

Senior Advisor

Brigadier general Haimovich Zvika is a former Israel Air Defense Forces Commander with over three decades of experience in the Aerospace and Defense arena, developing strategy, policy and plans for joint, combined, and interagency operations. During his service in the IAF, General Haimovich filled several positions such as the Commander in Change of the Command Field in the IAF Air Defense school, Head of TRADOC (Training and Doctrine) branch in the IAF Air Defense Division, and Commander of the Active Defense Wing and Sky Defense Wing. He has professional experience in operating new systems and technology, such as: Iron Dome, Arrow 3, David Sling, Anti Drones Concept and more. Over the last few years, Zvika serves as a strategic consultant to several top elite companies in the field of security, cyber and private companies and he is an expert speaker on national security and geopolitical analysis.

Ohad Merlin

Researcher

Ohad Merlin

Researcher

Ohad Merlin is a Middle East researcher in the Regional program. He is the former Middle East correspondent of The Jerusalem Post and served as a diplomat at the Israeli embassy in Amman, Jordan. A speaker of both Arabic and Persian, he earned his B.A. in Islam and Middle Eastern studies from the Shalem College in Jerusalem, and his M.A. in Government, Diplomacy and Conflict Studies from Reichman University.

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Lironne Segev

Operations Manager & Projects Coordinator

Lironne Segev

Operations Manager & Projects Coordinator

Before joining MIND, Lironne worked for over a decade in the public service sector, including positions at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Prime Minister's Office. In her last position, Lironne assumed a senior position in the International Visits Department of the National Security Council, where she managed the full coordination and meticulous organization of meetings of Israeli Prime Ministers with their counterparts all over the world as well as administrating and tending to visits of senior international figures in Israel. Previously, Lironne served as a director of international visits for the Israeli General Consulate in New York and the Permanent Mission to the UN. Lironne holds a BA in International Relations and Political Science from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and an MA in Political Communication from Bar-Ilan University.

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Roni Yacobi

Researcher

Roni Yacobi

Researcher

Roni is a researcher of the Indo-Pacific region under the Great-Power Competition (GPC) program at Mind Israel. She holds two degrees from Ben-Gurion University: a BA in Political Science and Government, with a focus on European Politics, and an MA in Political Science. Roni is fluent in Hebrew and English.

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WHO WE ARE

Management & Board of Directors​

Advisory & Research Team

Management & Board of Directors