President & CEO

Greg Yavner

Greg has almost 10 years of Wall Street experience primarily as a buy-side equity analyst & Portfolio Manager at hedge funds. His interest in performing extensive due diligence combined with developing solid relationships with industry participants led to consistent market outperformance. He gleaned many valuable insights into companies, financial markets, industries and executives that will be valuable to his growth plans for the Texas-Israel Chamber of Commerce. Greg’s work following the consumer, technology and life sciences industries on Wall Street led to his becoming General Partner of Porchlight Consulting L.L.C. where he provided global management consulting services such as strategic planning, valuation analysis, marketing ideas, company report writing, and equity fundraising primarily to growth companies. He graduated from Tulane University with a BA in Political Economics and also earned an MBA from the European University in Barcelona in International Management. Greg spent over three years living in Israel before moving to Dallas, Texas with his wife and children.