Dr. Eyal Hulata, Israel's former National Security Advisor and Head of the National Security Council.

Prior to that he has served for more than 20 years in the Israeli intelligence establishment, of which a decade in senior executive roles.

Eyal is a graduate of the IDF elite program "Talpiot", a recipient of the Israeli Defense Award, holds a PhD in physics from the Tel Aviv University, and an MA in public administration from the Harvard Kennedy School.

Currently Eyal is a senior international fellow at the Washington DC based think tank FDD (the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies) and a member of the advisory council of the IISS (the International Institute for Strategic Studies).