Managing Director and Co-Portfolio Manager
Mr. Cardito is a managing director and co-portfolio manager of Oaktree's GFI Energy Group, which executes the Power Opportunities investment strategy. He is responsible for the overall management of the group and its investing activities, including setting investment strategy, sourcing and executing investment opportunities and board oversight of the group’s portfolio companies. He currently serves on the boards of Shermco Industries, Solomon Corporation, MaxGen Energy Services, Trench Plate Rental Co. and Sterling Lumber Company. Mr. Cardito has spent most of his career as a control private equity investor focused on energy, power, process-related and niche industrial sectors. Prior to joining Oaktree in 2011, he was a Principal with Harvest Partners, LP, a New York-based private equity firm. Mr. Cardito received a B.A. degree in economics from Colgate University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. Back to Previous Page