Lianne Pollak, who has led intelligence teams in the Israel Defence Forces, was recruited as a private consultant between October 2012 and April this year. The 30-year-old was previously a policy adviser to Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, working with security agencies and senior officials.
Peter Kilfoyle, a former Labour minister who was Mr Blair’s leadership
campaign manager, but is now a critic, said: “If you have got someone close
to the so-called negotiator who is so partial in these matters [the
Palestinians] are going to look even more sceptically at Mr Blair than they
do currently.”Miss Pollak's public profile on the Linkedin website states: “She recently
finished a project as a consultant at the Office of Tony Blair, where she
managed processes on Economic Development, improving the business
environment, and security related topics.”Under “experience” she writes that she was a consultant in Mr Blair’s office,
listing as her duties: “Strategy and Management Consulting for a major
client overseas.
"Managing work processes on Economic Development, improving the business
environment and security-related topics.”
Describing her professional experience before her work for Mr Blair, the
profile states: “Before joining the team, she worked for the Israeli Prime
Minister’s Office in the negotiation team with the Palestinians during the
Annapolis process and with the Foreign Affairs Department at the National
Security Council.
"She specialized in Economic Development and capacity building for the Palestinian population.“Lianne was also an officer in the Israeli army in the area of intelligence analysis, and led intelligence teams and intelligence processes in volatile periods, working with senior generals on a daily basis.”
According to Linkedin she served as an officer in the IDF between November 2001 and May 2004, before going on to work for the Israeli prime minister’s office in September 2008, for just under three years.During her time in the Israeli government she provided strategic planning for the prime minister and worked “hand in hand” with “diverse stakeholders” including high ranking officials and security agencies, her profile states. A spokesman for Mr Blair said Miss Pollak, who has an MA in public management from the London School of Economics, worked on “public service reform” on a project not related to the Middle East, adding: “There are Palestinians who work for Tony Blair. So the idea of a conflict of interest on this basis is absolutely absurd.”
"She specialized in Economic Development and capacity building for the Palestinian population.“Lianne was also an officer in the Israeli army in the area of intelligence analysis, and led intelligence teams and intelligence processes in volatile periods, working with senior generals on a daily basis.”
According to Linkedin she served as an officer in the IDF between November 2001 and May 2004, before going on to work for the Israeli prime minister’s office in September 2008, for just under three years.During her time in the Israeli government she provided strategic planning for the prime minister and worked “hand in hand” with “diverse stakeholders” including high ranking officials and security agencies, her profile states. A spokesman for Mr Blair said Miss Pollak, who has an MA in public management from the London School of Economics, worked on “public service reform” on a project not related to the Middle East, adding: “There are Palestinians who work for Tony Blair. So the idea of a conflict of interest on this basis is absolutely absurd.”
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