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 board of Fidelity Engineering Corporation, Solomon Corporation, MaxGen Energy Services, Trench Plate Rental Co. and Sterling Lumber Company, and previously served on the board of Shermco Industries. Mr. Cardito began his investing career at The Beacon Group, a New York-based advisory and private equity firm, and since then has been primarily focused on control private equity investing in energy, power 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, and before that 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.