Yoram Cohen was born in 1960 and grew up in Tel Aviv.
He is a graduate of the Yeshiva Highschool, Midreshet Noam, in Pardes Hana.
IDF – served in the Golani Reconnaissance Unit
Education
1996 – BA – Political Science, Haifa University
2001 – MA - Political Science, Haifa University
2008 – Wharton's Executive Development Program, University of Pennsylvania
ISA Career
1982 – Joined the ISA as a security officer for ISA case officers in Judea and Lebanon
1983 – Arabic Language School (Ulpan) – graduated as an ISA case officer in the Arab sector
1983 – 1989 – Case officer in the Binyamin region; in 1984 – case officer in Lebanon
1989 – 1991 – Case officer of the Ramallah district
1991 – Appointed head of the operational desk department in Judea and East Jerusalem
1996 – Appointed Head of the CT sub-division in Judea and East Jerusalem
1999 – Appointed Deputy Head of the Arab and Islamic Counterterrorism and Counterintelligence Division and in 2001 was promoted to lead this division
2003 - Appointed Head of Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria Field Office.
2005 – Appointed Deputy of the ISA Director and filled this position until 2008. This position entails responsibility for policy formulation, as well as decision making on the build-up and employment of force. As part of this position, he was also a senior partner in decision making processes on diverse organizational topics: budget, multi-annual planning, establishment of advanced management concepts, strategic analysis of the organization's challenges and the required response.
2008 – 2009 – A visiting fellow at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
2009 – Leader of a project aimed at formulating the concept of management at the ISA
2010 – Headed a team that shaped the cyber-SigInt vision for the next decade
2011 – Appointed ISA Director and filled this position until May 2016
