Yechiel Leiter

Dr Yechiel (Michael) Leiter (Hebrew: יחיאל לייטר‎) is a policy analyst, political consultant, lecturer and civic leader. At present he serves as the Chief Executive Officer of 3H Global, a leading international consultancy working alongside global leaders and many of the world's most influential figures. 3H Global specializes in helping governments to formulate policy unique to the needs of each country and assists with hands-on implementation of those policies. In his capacity as CEO of 3H Global, Dr Leiter co-authored the 100-Day Plan for the new government of Paraguay and was the key architect of the government's economic development plan. Leiter is also a resident scholar at Jerusalem's Herzl Institute. He has previously served as Chief of Staff to Benjamin Netanyahu at Israel’s Ministry of Finance and as political assistant to Ariel Sharon in Israel’s parliament. Leiter is also an ordained Rabbi and has written three books and numerous essays on politics in the Middle East.

Yechiel Leiter was born on 1 October 1959 in Scranton, Pennsylvania. After moving to Israel in 1978 at the age of 18, Leiter served as a combat medic in the IDF and participated in Operation Peace for The Galilee in 1982. He studied Judaism over the course of eight years and subsequently taught Judaism at a number of centers for higher learning in Jerusalem. Leiter holds an undergraduate degree in Law, a BA in Political Science, an MA in International Relations, and a PhD in political philosophy from the University of Haifa. His doctoral thesis focuses on the influence of the Hebrew Bible on John Locke's theory of consensual government.

Leiter served as a political advisor to Knesset Member Ariel Sharon, and in multiple senior government positions: first as Deputy Director General of Israel’s Ministry of Education where he helped plan a major overhaul of the educational system, and then as Chief of Staff to Benjamin Netanyahu in the Ministry of Finance, where he took an active role in the dramatic economic reform program that revolutionized Israel’s economy.

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