Mark Sofer
Advisory Council Member
Ambassador Mark Sofer most recently served as Israel’s ambassador to Australia (2017-20). Prior to this, he served as the Deputy Director General, Head of Asia and the Pacific, at the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
From 2007 to 2011, Amb. Sofer was Israel’s ambassador to India and non-resident ambassador to Sri Lanka.
During the course of his distinguished 39-year career in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, other diplomatic posts he has held include Deputy Director General, Head of Central Europe and Eurasia Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Ambassador of Israel to Ireland; Head of the Division for Middle Eastern Economic Affairs; Deputy Consul General in New York; as well as posts in Norway and Peru. In the early 1990s, he also served as Policy Advisor to then-Foreign Minister Shimon Peres.
From 2011-2014, Amb. Sofer served as President of the Jerusalem Foundation.
He holds a B.A. in Economics and International Relations from the London School of Economics, and an M.A. in Political Science from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In addition to English and Hebrew, he also speaks Spanish and French.