יורי קוגן

A 25-year veteran of the Israeli security services, and a graduate of the National Executive Intelligence Training Program, with an academic background in Behavioral Sciences, Criminology and Counter Terrorism.

Throughout his years of public service Yuri fulfilled a range of field, command & staff positions within the Israel National Police and the Office of the Prime Minister of Israel. Certified as a Crisis Negotiator by the Israel National Police and the FBI he possesses hands-on experience in conducting crisis and hostage negotiations in both criminal and terrorism incidents.

A Bachelor (Cum Laude) in Behavioral Sciences from the Ben-Gurion university of the Negev, Master of Arts in Criminology from the Bar-Ilan University, he recently completed the MA program in Counter Terrorism (Magna Cum Laude) at IDC and won the National Consulting Competition as a member of the IDC Consulting Club.