He has a degree in political science and philosophy from Tel Aviv University (1979–82).
[1] Ziv worked for the Israeli Foreign Office and later became general manager of Meridian Commodities.
He was a director of commercial property company Riverland Holdings Limited from 1993 to 2003 and finance director of formerly AIM quoted mining company Target Resources plc from July 2005 to June 2010.
[2] He is a director of Hill House Equine Limited, incorporated in 2014,[3] and at least eight other companies.
[4] Ziv lives in Alresford, Hampshire.