CG Lati has been a career diplomat for the past 22 years and is not new to China and Asia.

Right before arriving in Hong Kong, he was Director of North East Asia department at Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Asia and Pacific division (2019-2021). 

He was also Consul General of Israel in Chengdu (2014-2018) and Deputy Consul General of Israel in Shanghai (2006-2010).

He has received an MBA in Finance and Organizational Behavior from Tel Aviv University, MA in Democratic Studies from Open University of Israel and BA in Economics and Chinese Studies from Hebrew University of Jerusalem. 

He speaks Hebrew and English, with basic Korean.  He has attended Beijing University and is proficient in Chinese. ​