Our Team
Principal, Chief Financial Officer Business Function Team
Alyssa Yavner
Alyssa Yavner is a Principal and Chief Financial Officer leading all treasury, accounting, tax, and financial reporting functions and personnel. She chairs Taconic’s Valuation and Counterparty Risk committees and is a member of Taconic’s Business Function Management, Business Continuity Plan committees, Diversity and Inclusion council as well as serving as a director to many of the Taconic funds. She joined Taconic in 2006 as Director of Finance and in 2009 became Chief Financial Officer. In 2015, she became a Principal. Ms. Yavner was recognized by the Hedge Fund Journal as one of the Top 50 Leading Women in Hedge Funds in 2021. Prior to joining Taconic, Ms. Yavner was a partner of Ernst & Young in the Asset Management Practice of the firm’s Financial Services Organization. She started her career in public accounting with Arthur Andersen in 1992. Ms. Yavner received a B.S. with a major in Accounting from Lehigh University.
Committees
- Business Continuity Plan
- Business Function Management
- Counterparty Risk
- Diversity & Inclusion Council
- Portfolio Risk
- Valuation