He continued: “This year the ZF celebrates 120 years since our founding.
This year we will be celebrating Zionism, celebrating Zionist leaders and celebrating Israel. What better way to celebrate the ZF and this important anniversary than by appointing our first female Executive Director to work alongside me, the Board, our National Council and all of our members and organisations in truly celebrating Zionism”.
Ms Bergen, who is currently UJIA's community engagement manager, said: “Having grown up in the Jewish community, and spending more than six years working professionally in it, I am really looking forward to this next challenge and opportunity.
"The values of Zionism and the ZF are something that really speaks to my core and to be able to have a leading influence over the way this conversation is had inside and outside the Jewish community is an opportunity I am really excited to take on.
"Working at the UJIA has been great and I have had so many mentors and experiences that really gives me the confidence to bring all of that and more to this role and to take the ZF into its 120th year and beyond.”
The ZF elected its first female president, Estelle Gilston, last year.
