SARDIS Team biographies  

Osman Mardin

Managing Director


Nick Mitsakos
Managing Director


Benjamin Sommer
Principal

 


Barnaby Clark

Associate


Paul Poniatowski
Analyst



Osman Mardin
Managing Director
 
Osman is a Managing Director at SARDIS. Osman joined SARDIS from Robertson Stephens where he was employed from 1998-2002. At Robertson Stephens, Osman was a Managing Director and a member of the firm's European Management Committee, as well as the Head of European Mergers and Acquisitions and the Head of the European Hardware Systems Investment Banking Group. Prior to joining Robertson Stephens, Osman was Executive Director of Lazard Freres & Cie., Paris, where he worked for 11 years on cross-border M&A. Osman holds a B.A. in Economics from Trinity College, Cambridge, and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. Completed over 70 transactions, with combined valuation over $15 billion. Representative assignments before SARDIS: Infineon – acquisition of Catamaran; Systemonic (a) acquisition of Raytheon's RF Business, and (b) sale of company to Philips; NoWiresNeeded – sale to Intersil; Novanet – sale to Conexant.
 
  Nick Mitsakos
Managing Director
   
 
Nick is a Managing Director at SARDIS. Resident in San Francisco, he brings to SARDIS an invaluable breadth of experience, across advisory, management, and investment functions in the communications sector. Nick’s representative achievements encompass Intervu (co-founder and COO; NASDAQ-quoted data-networking company, acquired by Akamai Technologies for US$ 3 billion), Berkeley Networks (acquired by FORE Systems for $250 million), Maverick Networks (acquired by Broadcom for $120 million), Wireless Home (acquired by Western Multiplex for $50 million), and ConvergeNet (acquired by Dell for $350 million). Currently, Nick is a board member of Meru Networks and Bridgewave Communications, both focused on wireless. He holds a BS in Computer Science and Microbiology from the University of Southern California and an MBA from Harvard University.
 
  Benjamin Sommer
Principal
   
 
Benjamin is a Principal at SARDIS. Benjamin joined SARDIS from Robertson Stephens where he was a member of the European Mergers and Acquisitions Team and the European Hardware Systems Investment Banking Group. A German national, Benjamin holds a European Master's in Management, a British MSc., a French Diplome de Grandes Ecoles and a German Diplom-Kaufmann from the ESCP-EAP. He also holds a Law degree from the Universite Paris XI. Benjamin is Fluent in English, German and French. Completed transactions include: the sale of Inventel to Thomson, the sale of Oasis SiliconSystems to SMSC, Navigon's 25% share participation by General Atlantic, the sale of SiAutomation to PDF Solutions, and the sale of O3sis to Gemalto.
 
  Barnaby Clark
Associate
   
 
Barnaby is an Associate at SARDIS, and joined in February 2007. Barnaby previously worked in Paris for the performance management software company Cartesis, where he was the Corporate Sales Business Analyst. He is proficient in several software programming languages, including VBA, SQL and HTML, and whilst at Cartesis he developed two web based applications in .NET that worked alongside their CRM to provide key statistical data. Barnaby studied European Business at the University of Portsmouth and the Bordeaux Ecole Supérieure de Commerce. Barnaby is fluent in English and French.
 
  Paul Poniatowski
Analyst
   
 
Paul joined SARDIS as an Analyst in July 2010. He previously worked at the equity division of the Quilvest Group in London. He was involved in sector analysis, target identification and portfolio companies management. Paul graduated from the University of Paris X with honours in Economics and English, and holds a M.Sc. from the London School of Economics. He is fluent in English, Spanish, and French.
 
   
   
 
 
   
Authorised and Regulated by the Financial Services Authority © Copyright Sardis Capital Limited 2010