Lior Herman is an Associate Professor at the Department of International Relations at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (PhD, London School of Economics). He is the Chair of the International Political Economy Graduate Program and Chair of the Energy and Geopolitics Research Group. He recently published a book titled “Israel’s Path to Europe,” which examines EU-Israel relations. Before joining academia, Lior served as a senior official at the Israeli Ministry of Finance, where he held the positions of Director for international organizations and the EU and Head of Department of Insurance Agents and Agencies. Lior initiated Israel’s accession to the OECD and served as the Secretary of the Inter-ministerial Committee for the OECD and a non-resident member of Israel’s delegation to the WTO.
Lior is an Executive Member of the World Jewish Congress, a former President and Chair of the Steering Committee of the WJC Jewish Diplomatic Corps, and a founding member of the KolDor global Jewish network. He is also an Executive Member of the Israel Council of Foreign Relations.