Maj. Gen. (res.) Amos Gilead is the Executive Director of the

Institute for Policy and Strategy (IPS) and Chairman of the Annual

Herzliya Conference Series, IDC Herzliya. Prior to assuming his

current position in 2017, Gen. Gilead led a distinguished career

for more than three decades in the IDF and in the Defense

Establishment, his last position being Director of Policy and

Political-Military Affairs at the Ministry of Defense. In this position,

which he held for more than 13 years, Gen. Gilead managed

Israel’s international strategic and political-military relations and

played a key role in developing Israel’s defense relations with key

Sunni-Arab nations. Beforehand, Gen. Gilead served in many

critical positions such as Chief of the Intelligence Research

and Analysis Division, IDF Spokesperson, Coordinator of

Government Activities in the Territories and Military Secretary

(Aide de Camp) of Prime Minister and Defense Minister

Yitzhak Rabin.