David Yaari is the founding CEO of the Texas and Middle East Commercial Office (TAMECO), established in the summer of 2023 under the auspices of the Texas Association of Business (TAB). Prior, David served as the founding Director General of the Arizona Israel Trade and Investment Office. David has over 25 years of senior business leadership and entrepreneurial experience in the private sector. He received his MBA from New York University’s Stern School of Business and before that served in a combat unit in the Israel Defense Forces. Outside of his business activities, David serves as the Chairman of Kol Israel, the global General Zionist party within the World Zionist Organization, and as vice Chairman of Keren Kayemeth Le’Israel (KKL)/Jewish National Fund, as well as on the boards of Israel’s Society for International Development and Israel’s Nature and Heritage Foundation- Israel’s National Parks Service. David and his wife Sivan, founder of Innovation: Africa reside in Herzliya, Israel with their three children.