Eli Cohen Kagan



Eli Cohen Kagan (אלי כהן-קגן) is an Israeli engineer and attorney and the managing partner of ECK law firm. He is a member of Israel's engineering community and “an active international figure in the certification regulatory and standardization fields”. Kagan is a former VP (Certification) at the Standards Institute of Israel (SII-QCD), 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
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.

Career
In the early 80's, Kagan was elected to lead the Professional Engineers Trade Union (50,000 members), 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. 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, 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.

Other Professional Activities
IQNet Vice President

ISO/CASCO Strategic Alliance and Regulatory Group (STAR) Committee member.

IQNet representative for the International Accreditation Forum (IAF)

ISO PC/278 Anti-Bribery Committee member

ISO WG-42 (ISO 17011) Committee member

Election expert & a member of the ISRAELI Central Elections Committee for 22nd and 23rd Knesset Elections