Yair Zivan is a committed centrist.
He collated and edited The Centre Must Hold: Why Centrism is the answer to extremism and polarisation, the first book offering a comprehensive centrist approach to the major challenges facing the world today.
He is Foreign Policy Advisor to Yair Lapid, leader of Israel's largest centrist political party. He has worked with him since 2014 throughout his tenures as Finance Minister, Leader of the Opposition, Foreign Minister and Prime Minister of Israel.
Before working for Mr. Lapid he was International Media Spokesperson for President Shimon Peres.
His work has been published in media outlets across the world and has ghost written for leaders across the world.
He has a BA 1st class in History from University College London and an MA Magna Cum Lauda in Government from the IDC Herzliya.
Yair Zivan was born in the north of Israel and grew up in Leicester (and is a big Leicester City fan). He now lives in Tel Aviv with his wife Rebecca and their two sons.
