Former ambassador to Israel heading Cameron’s anti-Brexit unit

Former British ambassador to Israel Matthew Gould has been put in charge of a government ‘referendum unit’ to support the case for the UK to remain in the EU.

According to the Times, Prime Minister David Cameron and Chancellor George Osborne put Mr Gould in charge of a team tasked with compiling a series of dossiers that will lay out the arguments against a Brexit.

In 2010 Mr Gould became Britain’s first Jewish ambassador to Israel, before stepping down last year to become Director of Cyber Security and Information Assurance at the Cabinet Office.

Mr Gould has a reputation for being a forward-thinking, business-minded innovator among his peers.