Ed Israel

Principal Consultant, The Philippines

Telephone: +63 (0)917 88 207 80
email: ed.israel@iog.com.au

Biography

Ed Israel entered the Philippine Military Academy in 1966 and graduated in 1970 with a degree of Bachelor of Science and an officer’s commission in the Philippine Navy. He held a wide range of intelligence postings during his long and distinguished career. These included Chief of Intelligence Operations and Deputy Chief of Naval Intelligence in the Office of Chief of Naval Intelligence; Defense and Armed Forces Attaché, Jakarta, Indonesia; and Inspector General of the Intelligence Service. He retired from the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in 2003 at the rank of Rear Admiral.

Ed is a consultant to the Office for Transportation Security (OTS), Department of Transportation and Communications. He occupied the position of Deputy Director and Head of Training, Policy, and Research, Maritime Security Bureau from 2003 until April 2007. As head of training, Ed was deeply involved in the implementation of the Australian government grant on Port Security Capacity Building Project which delivers training courses on IMO SOLAS Chapter XI-2 and ISPS Code to Port Facility Security Officers, Company Security Officers, Ship Security Officers, and other Maritime Industry Participants. Ed now consults to OTS on maritime security measures and security risk management.

Ed joined Intelligent Outcomes Group in 2007. He currently consults on behalf of Intelligent Outcomes to the Australian government to implement the port security capacity building project in the Philippines. He has worked on this contract in Indonesia on two occasions delivering ISPS Code audit courses for the Indonesian Coast Guard and Port Authorities.

Ed undertakes a wide range of security risk management consulting and security auditing in the maritime sector in the Philippines. He has provided the full range of Intelligent Outcomes consulting services to a diverse range of private sector clients.

During his career in the AFP he attended an extensive list of intelligence courses. His tertiary qualifications include a Master of Business Administration from Ateneo Graduate School in Makati City in 1980 and a Bachelor of Science from the Philippine Military Academy. He has also attended many seminars on business issues such as feasibility studies and financial management.