Zvi Heifetz
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Zvi Heifetz is currently Israel's ambassador to the United Kingdom based in London. Born in Russia, Heifetz moved to Israel at the age of 14. He spent 7 years with Israel Intelligence and completed as a Major in the Israeli Army. He has a Law degree from the Tel Aviv University and is a member of the Israeli Bar.
Heifetz became the Vice-Chairman of the Maariv Group in 1999 and chairman of both the Hed-Arzi Music Production Company and Tower Records, Israel in 2001.
In 1989 Heiftetz was a member of one of the first Israeli groups of diplomats at the Netherlands Embassy in Moscow, and in 1997 he performed as an External Legal Adviser to the Prime Minister’s Office (“Nativ”) on matters relating to the former Soviet Union. Since 2003 Heifetz has acted as an adviser and spokesman for the Ministry of Defence dealing with the Russian language media.

