Eli Cohen Kagan
Eli Cohen Kagan (Hebrew: אלי כהן-קגן) is an Israeli engineer and attorney and “An active international figure in the certification regulatory and standardization fields”.[1][2] Kagan is a former VP (Certification) at the Standards Institute of Israel (SII-QCD),[3][4] serves as the Vice President of IQnet Association ( The International Network of Certification Bodies), as Israel's representative for ISO/CASCO, and IQNet's representative for the International Accreditation Forum (IAF).
Biography[edit]
Kagan was born in a labour camp in Siberia (Russia). His parents were exiled to Siberia from Latvia. His family returned to Latvia after 17 years of exile and hard labour and invested great efforts to make "Aliyah", and to achieve their dream and come to Israel. Cohen Kagan has a master's degree in chemical engineering from the Riga Technical University, an MBA in business administration from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and a law degree from the Ono Academic College, admitted to practice law in Israel. Kagan is married with 2 daughters and has 5 grandchildren.
| Eli Cohen Kagan |
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| Position:
former VP (Certification) at the Standards Institute of Israel (SII-QCD) |
| Other Professional Activities:
IQnet Association Vice President, ISO/CASCO Star committee, Chairman's Policy committee. |
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| personal status:
Married with 2 daughters, with 5 grandchildren |
Career[edit]
In the early 80's, Kagan was elected to lead the Professional Engineers Trade Union (50,000 members),[5] and was amongst the initiators of the fundamental changes within Israel's trade unions. In the late 80's, and during the first Gulf War, he served as Minister for Labour Affairs (Labour attaché for Northern America) at the Israel Embassy, Washington, D.C. During the 90's, Cohen-Kagan was active in the midst of transition of Israel Railways from the State to Ports & Railways Authority, serving as VP for HR.[6] In addition to his public service, Eli was the owner of a private consulting firm and a boutique law office, specializing in administrative law, election campaigns, dispute resolutions, and arbitration. As of 2009, he is the head of SII-QCD, the leading certification body in Israel,[7] providing a wide range of certification, verification, and assessment services. As of 2011, Kagan serves as VP of IQnet – International Association (35 countries) of Certification Bodies.[8]
Other Professional Activities[edit]
IQNet Vice President[9]
ISO/CASCO Strategic Alliance and Regulatory Group (STAR) Committee member.
IQNet representative for the International Accreditation Forum (IAF)[10]
ISO PC/278 Anti-Bribery Committee member
ISO WG-42 (ISO 17011) Committee member
References[edit]
- ↑ Ha'aretz Archived 2014-10-06 at the Wayback Machine, Published:14 Mar,1997
- ↑ Maariv Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine, Published: 10 Aug,1990
- ↑ SII Quality and Certification division website
- ↑ Global Communication Newsletter
- ↑ Ha'aretz Archived 2014-10-06 at the Wayback Machine, Published:14 Mar,1997
- ↑ Yedioth Ahronoth Archived 2015-04-03 at the Wayback Machine, Published: 2 Aug,1993
- ↑ SII Quality and Certification division website
- ↑ IQNet Association website - Organization chart
- ↑ IQNet Association website - Organization chart
- ↑ IQNet Association website - Organization chart
External links[edit]
- SII Quality & Certification, The ISRAELI standard institute
- Riga Technical University
- Ono Academic College
- IQNet Association
- International Accreditation Forum
- The ISRAELI standard institute HEBREW
- Standards Institute of Israel article
- "Whats new" - Yael Goldman, jul-8 2014 An interview on YNET TV, Eng. Eli Cohen-Kagan
- Association of Engineers in Israel
- Association of Engineers in Israel- HEBREW
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