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. Mr. Cardito currently serves on the boards of Building Infrastructure Solutions Group, MWH Constructors, Renewable Energy Infrastructure Group, Saber Power Services, Sterling Solutions, Trench Plate Rental Co., and Universal Plant Services, and previously served on the boards of Shermco Industries and Solomon Corporation. For most of his career, Mr. Cardito has focused on control private equity investing in businesses which serve or supply critical infrastructure, including investments in energy, power, utility, water/wastewater 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. Before that, Mr. Cardito was a vice president with Nautic Partners, LLC, a Providence, Rhode Island-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.