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Mantas Skipitis, CEO of Nter Asset Management, is a real estate development, financial services, and investment management veteran with 25+ years of experience.

Throughout his long career, Mantas has been known for his exceptional skill in strategic thinking and negotiation. And it is these skills, along with his communicative, responsible, open-minded, and innovation-driven style of leadership that have been ensuring our continued success.

He had previously worked for some of the largest construction and real estate management companies in Lithuania, such as Ober Haus, AB Panevėžio Statybos Trestas, and Medicinos Bankas, where he served as Member of the Council.

The total investment value for the residential and commercial projects Mantas has so far implemented stands at €220 million. 

Benas Poderis, a full partner at Nter Asset Management, is a licensed investment manager with 10+ years of experience in multiple asset classes and financial services. His key areas of expertise include structuring complex investment transactions and projects, developing alternative investment products, sourcing investment pipelines, and dealmaking. 

Although best known for his track record in the private debt market, Benas is a universal player actively involved – i.e., from launch to exit – in other asset classes and investment funds as well, from renewables and social infrastructure to real estate. 

Having completed his education in law, he played a prominent role in many landmark projects at the leading law firm TGS Baltic, and handled distressed debt amid the last global financial crisis at SEB Bank’s Special Loan Administration Department.

With us since 2013, Benas was part of Nter Asset Management from its earliest stages, and has been involved in more than 100 investment transactions by our firm to date.

With 25 years of experience in the investment industry, Paulius is expert at handling the full business development cycle, from presiding over company acquisitions and launching/growing new businesses to managing them via strategic decision-making.

Paulius is extremely skilled in procedures related to project funding, risk assessment and mitigation, control and accountability, and other areas of great importance to our line of business.

In addition to having been a board member of Orion Securities and Orion Asset Management, where he’s included in all major investment decisions, for 10+ years, he’s also participated in the investment committees of Orion Alternative Energy and Orion Private Equity Fund. 

Prior to joining OAM (now Nter Asset Management), Paulius worked in many industries: food, energy and renewables (managing several wind farms and working as Economic Director and Head Manager at InterRao Lithuania), real estate, and furniture. He’s also a board member and investor at 10 companies, such as Baltpol, Grainmore, Pamario Jėgainių Energija, and Nordic Idea.

So far, Paulius took part in the assessment of 50+ private market investments.

Prior to joining Nter Asset Management, Saulius Garbaravičius has had a long and successful career, which started in 2005, when he became a co-founder of the real estate company Baltic Brothers Group. Prior to that, he co-founded the Sugihara Diplomats for Life Foundation. 

In 2007, he assumed the role of CEO at SC Baltic Reality, leading the company through the 2008 financial crisis and co-founded the investment group Scaent Baltic. Under Saulius’ leadership, Scaent became one of the largest investment companies and private sector taxpayers in Lithuania, overseeing 20+ firms across different industries. At the same time, he was managing publications for The Economist, BBC Worldwide, and Jalou in all three Baltic states.

Afterwards, Saulius came to increasingly focus on finance, partnering with Orion Managing Partners, and engaging in private equity investments at ProFin Holdings, where he was instrumental in a large number and variety of financial and investment activities. Subsequently, he continued working in the financial and private equity sectors, where he made dozens of successful transactions.

Finally, he was Chairman of the Board at Orion Asset Management (previous incarnation of Nter) in 2017-2022, and is still with us to this day.

Donatas Frejus is a seasoned investment professional with 20+ years of experience across multiple asset classes in both private and public markets. 

He was instrumental in managing a bond portfolio for Bank Finasta, which became one of its key sources of profit in the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis. While there, he also gained substantial experience in managing CEE equity and fixed-income investments for the Bank’s investment and pension funds, as well as a private Icelandic hedge fund.

Donatas joined Nter Asset Management’s private debt team in 2020, having spent the previous 8 years managing equity and multi-asset funds within the firm.

Audrius Bendaravičius (an MBA and holder of a Bachelor’s degree of Finance) is a leader of the first order with 26+ years of experience in the chemical, logistics, freight forwarding, finance, agricultural business, energy, furniture, accommodation, and other industries. 

His previous workplaces include the former SBA Furniture Group (CEO) and Achema Group (CFO, Deputy CEO, and CEO) – the largest investment holding company in Lithuania at the time, consisting of 60+ different businesses both locally and across the EU.

In addition to being Chairman of the Investment Committee of the Private Equity Fund, where his responsibilities include managing multiple investments and taking part in the Fund’s daily operations, Audrius is also a member of the boards of other companies.

Rosita Kucevičienė has over 15 years of diverse and strategic leadership experience in different cycles of Real Estate development.

Having joined the Rimi Baltic Group in 2007, Rosita Kucevičienė started out as a Store Designer tasked with the crafting of layouts for new and remodeled stores.

Later, as Design Manager Baltics, she led expansion projects and played a vital role in acquisition strategies. Her responsibilities also included store expansion and head office change management, as well as portfolio lease agreement maintenance. In 2018, Rosita became the Group’s Real Estate Expansion Manager. Her efforts resulted in 40 lease and land acquisition contracts and the launch of 25 stores, with a total investment value of €100Mn.

After leaving the Group in 2022, she joined Nter Asset Management later that year.