Itai Melchior is a nonresident senior fellow with the N7 Initiative at the Atlantic Council’s Middle East Programs.  Melchior is a former diplomat, civil servant, and business leader. He serves as vice president for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa at Gold n’ Links Group, where he oversees artificial intelligence-driven cybersecurity solutions, information technology innovations, and data center projects.

Previously, Melchior served in the Office of the Israeli Prime Minister as deputy director of the Ministry of External Affairs and Special Liaisons Directorate within Israel’s National Security Council. He also served as the head of Europe Departments at the Foreign Trade Administration and as the head of exports at the Israeli Ministry of Economy and Industry. Additionally, he previously served as the head of Israel’s Trade Mission to Southern Africa at the Israeli embassy in South Africa.

Melchior holds an MBA from the University of Haifa. Melchior currently lives in Haifa. He has also lived and worked in Europe and Africa.