CAPITALICA ASSET MANAGEMENT
Capitalica Asset Management Ltd manages collective investment undertakings established under the Republic of Lithuania Law on Collective Investment Undertakings Intended for Informed Investors. Capitalica’s team is currently using its accumulated investment experience and exceptional know-how to manage the Capitalica Real Estate Baltic Fund I for informed investors – a limited liability company authorized by the Board of the Bank of Lithuania in late 2016 to operate as an investment company in accordance with the Law on Collective Investment Undertakings Intended for Informed Investors.
CAPITALICA ASSET MANAGEMENT TEAM
Andrius Barštys
Executive Director and Shareholder
Andrius is the Fund Manager for the Capitalica Baltic Real Estate Fund I and the Managing Partner of Capitalica Asset Management. Prior to establishing Capitalica, he was the CEO and Chairman of Finasta Bank and Finasta Group – an investment banking leader in the Baltic region, with wealth management, pension fund and other investment management activities. Andrius is an experienced top-tier manager and investment professional who has worked for more than 20 years in capital markets, asset management and real estate. He’s a licensed financial consultant with a master’s degree in economics. Andrius completed an executive programme at London Business School in 2014 and the “FinTech” programme at Oxford University in 2018.
Mindaugas Kniukšta
Finance Manager
Mindaugas is a finance manager and has over 9 years of experience in real estate investment management, planning, analysis and valuation. Before he joined Capitalica Asset Management, he gained extensive knowledge during his past carrier in the position of a business controller in the real estate asset management company Northern Horizon operating across Nordics and Baltics. His versatile experience in real estate investment and vast knowledge of real estate business allows him accurately and competently evaluate investment opportunities and risks associated with it. Mindaugas obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Economics in Vilnius University and is a certified CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) Charterholder.
Mindaugas Liaudanskas
Investment Strategist
Mindaugas is the investment strategist for the Capitalica Baltic Real Estate Fund I. He previously worked as a hedge fund investment analyst at a local family office, conducting full stage hedge fund due diligence and providing investment portfolio construction and management services. Mindaugas holds a master’s degree in financial economics from ISM University of Management and Economics and is a licensed financial consultant.
Laurynas Bagdonas
Compliance Associate
Laurynas is a specialist in the areas of AML (Anti Money Laundering) and CTF (Combating the Financing of Terrorism) and has more than 10 years of experience in banking and payments businesses. During his long career, Laurynas held managerial positions in such organisations as Citadele and Western Union, where he was creating, developing and implementing compliance related programs. Laurynas earned a Law degree in Mykolas Romeris University and is accredited CAMS (Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist).
Milda Kiaušinytė
Chief Accountant
Milda holds a bachelor‘s in economics from Mykolas Romeris University and has completed special training courses for accountants. On joining Capitalica, she brought three years of work experience in accounting and continues to regularly attend seminars and professional development courses.
Dobilas Kezys
Key Account Manager
Dobilas has 20 years of expertise in providing financial solutions services for VIP clients. During the last 9 years, Dobilas worked in private banking departments of Nordea and Evernord, consulting clients in optimal financial decision making and selection of suitable investment products. Dobilas has a Master‘s degree in Physics and is also a licensed financial consultant.
CAPITALICA ASSET MANAGEMENT BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Ignas Mačeika
Chair of the Management Board
After graduation of Master’s studies in finance law at Mykolas Romeris and Bergen Universities, Ignas started his career at SEB where he worked with international financial institutions and major Lithuanian corporate clients. From 2008 to 2010 he continued his career at SEB bank’s headquarters in Stockholm in Large Corporate Department. Back in Lithuania he covered large Lithuanian and foreign capital corporate clients in advisory and financing fields. Since 2014 Ignas joined Nordea Bank in Lithuania where he headed Large Corporate Banking Division and was a member of the Bank’s Credit Committee. During his career in the finance sector, Ignas gained valuable experience in corporate governance, transaction structuring and risk management areas, including expertise in real estate segment. After 12 years in corporate banking Ignas joined SBA Group in 2018 and is currently heading Group’s Treasury Department.
Adam Saulius Vaina
Member of the Management Board
Adam Saulius holds a bachelor‘s degree in economics from Harvard University and an MBA in finance and marketing from the Wharton School of Business. After working as a consultant at McKinsey & Company, he founded the business consulting company Civitta and expanded it into an international network that now covers 10 European countries. He is also a board member at Mediapark Group and the SBA group.
Jolanta Grašienė
Member of the Management Board
Jolanta holds an International Executive MBA degree from the Baltic Management Institute. She began her career in finance at the brokerage firm Finansų Spektras, becoming a licensed financial broker and consultant. She then joined the finance team at the SBA group, where for more than a decade she has contributed to decisions on the company’s strategic directions and objectives, overseen their implementation, organized major corporate projects including investments and feasibility studies, and worked on the boards of several companies. In 2014 she became CFO of the SBA group and since 2015 she has been a member of the board of the real estate developer Urban Inventors. In that role, Jolanta actively participates in decision-making at all stages of real estate investment projects – from strategy formation to implementation and oversight.
MANAGEMENT COMPANY DOCUMENTS
SHAREHOLDERS
SBA GROUP
A holding company that for more than a quarter century has been successfully managing one of the largest business groups in Lithuania. Core businesses include furniture production and retailing, real estate development, and clothing manufacturing.
SBA comprises 30 companies operating in Lithuania and abroad with over 4900 employees. SBA’s companies export more than 90% of what they produce to nearly 40 countries around the world.
FOX HOLDINGS
A limited liability company owned and managed by Andrius Barštys, who is also the CEO of Capitalica Asset Management. Andrius is an experienced top-tier manager and investment professional who has worked for more than 20 years in capital markets, asset management and real estate.