Šarūnas Šiugžda

Biography

Prior to founding LitCapital ŠarÅ«nas was a partner at a Swedish private equity fund Askembla. He was in charge of Askembla's investments in Lithuania. ŠarÅ«nas began his professional career at an international accounting company Arthur Andersen. Afterwards he worked as a Business Controller and was responsible for the CEE region at a Scandinavian industrial group Consolis (at that time owned by one of the largest private equity funds in Scandinavia – Industri Kapital AB). Additionally, he has served as an independent member / Chairman of the board at several large and well known Lithuanian companies. ŠarÅ«nas is one of the founders of the Lithuanian Venture Capital Associationand currently serves as a board member. ŠarÅ«nas has a degree in business administration from Vytautas Magnus University, MBA at Kaunas University of Technology and has accomplished AMP at INSEAD business school in France.

Research Interest

Prior to founding LitCapital ŠarÅ«nas was a partner at a Swedish private equity fund Askembla. He was in charge of Askembla's investments in Lithuania. ŠarÅ«nas began his professional career at an international accounting company Arthur Andersen. Afterwards he worked as a Business Controller and was responsible for the CEE region at a Scandinavian industrial group Consolis (at that time owned by one of the largest private equity funds in Scandinavia – Industri Kapital AB). Additionally, he has served as an independent member / Chairman of the board at several large and well known Lithuanian companies. ŠarÅ«nas is one of the founders of the Lithuanian Venture Capital Associationand currently serves as a board member. ŠarÅ«nas has a degree in business administration from Vytautas Magnus University, MBA at Kaunas University of Technology and has accomplished AMP at INSEAD business school in France.