Israel-Asia Center

Gad Ben Ari Managing Director of APCO Worldwide Israel Office; Former Director General of Keren-Hayesod-United Israel Appeal; Former Head of Public Relations Division of the Jewish-Agency and Chairman of the North America Jewish-Agency in New York. Prof. Gideon Shelach Chair of the Dept. of East Asian Studies, Director of the Louis Frieberg Center of East Asian Studies and Vice Dean of the Faculty of Humanities at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Harvey Krueger Vice Chairman of Barclays Capital; Chairman of the Board of Governors of Tel Aviv University; Former Chairman of the Board of Governors of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Former Chairman of the Peres Center for Peace. Mr. Ilan Maor Director General, Sheng BDO Ziv-Haft; Former Israeli Consul General to Shanghai. Jim Busis Director of the Asia Pacific Institute at the American Jewish Committee. Ms. Ornit Avidar Partner, China Israel Value Capital Fund; Former Israeli Commercial Attache to Hong Kong and Macau. Dr. Richard Hardiman Visiting Fellow at the Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace; Former Project Officer at the European Commission Delegation to China and Mongolia.