Yaniv Bresler, Advocate
Founder & Chief Operating Officer (AGS Israel)
 
Yaniv is one of the founders and the COO of Athlone Global Security in Israel, an investment company, focusing on the homeland security (HLS) venture market.

Yaniv is responsible for leading our team in Israel (AGS Israel), which includes investment activities, monitoring the portfolio companies, finance, joint ventures, co-investments and business development initiatives.

Yaniv serves as a Director in a number of Athlone's group companies. Yaniv brings with him corporate experience in VC funds, investment transactions in startups, corporate strategy, investment management and corporate strategy.

Yaniv holds an LL.B in law from the University of Manchester for the Israeli Centre for Academic Centre


Yaniv Lubinski, CPA, MBA
VP finance
Mr. Lubinski brings to AGS vast experience and knowledge in the finance, accounting and taxation areas.

Formerly, Mr. Lubinski served as the CFO of a global software company and as the controller of a communication company.
In his former duties he was in charge of multinational reporting, international taxation strategy and played an important role in the business development, financial performance improvement and fund raising efforts.

Mr. Lubinski accomplished his interim period in Ernst & Young, Tel Aviv and he holds a B.A. degree, majored in Accountancy and Politics and an M.B.A. degree majored in financial management, both from Tel Aviv University.

Mr. Lubinski is a chartered accounted (ISR) and a member of the Israeli CPA council since 2001.

Aviv Lotan, Advocate
Legal Counsel
Aviv has been Athlone’s legal counsel since inception, commencing on October 2005. Aviv has handled most of Athlone’s investment transaction and has dealt or assisted the managements of AGS's portfolio companies in a broad variety of legal issues.

Aviv brings with him substantial corporate legal experience in VC funds, investment transactions in early-stage startups, corporate strategy and M&A transactions.  

Prior to joining Athlone, Aviv has practiced law in three small boutique law firms, serving a broad spectrum of clients from the hi-tech industry and handling a wide range of legal issue and transactions.  

Aviv holds an LL.B in law. a B.A. in Economics & Business Management (Marketing) and an LL.M graduate degree in International Commercial Law (Cum Laude) all from Herzlia’s Inter Disciplinary Center.
Aviv was admitted to the Israeli Bar Association in 2004.

Michal Vishnia Bar
Michal joined Athlone in October 2007 as the company's Senior Analyst. Prior to joining Athlone, Michal served as a Senior Underwriter in the second largest credit insurance company in Israel, 'Clal Credit Insurance'. Prior to Clal, Michal served in the finance department of the Prime Minister's Office.

Michal holds a B.Sc in Statistics, a B.A in Economics, and an MBA (Finance) all from the Tel Aviv University