Dermot Kehoe, the chief executive of Bicom, is to leave in May after three years at the head of the Israel advocacy group.
He is moving to become external affairs director of the Health and Social Care Information Centre, the governmental body which collects and analyses data on health and care.
Mr Kehoe, who joined Bicom in 2011 and became chief executive the following year, felt that “the time is right to move on. After two Gaza conflicts, two general elections in Israel and Britain biggest ever pro-Israel conference, now is the time for someone new to take the organisation forward.”
He said that the warmth and encouragement of Jewish community were “what made this job so rewarding. I am excited to be taking on new challenges in the NHS, a cause like Israel, in which I believe passionately”.
