Investment Team

Please click on a team member for a full bio.

Michael Jaharis

Michael Jaharis

  • Co-founder, Member of the Board of Directors, Arisaph Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  • Founder, Chairman Emeritus, Kos Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  • Co-Founder, President & Chief Executive Officer, Key Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  • Vice President & Director of the Ethical Drug Division, Miles Laboratories
  • Trustee Emeritus, Tufts University
  • Chairman of the Board of Overseers, Tufts University School of Medicine
  • Member of the Board, Columbia University Medical Center, Weill Cornell Medical College and Graduate School of Medical Sciences
  • JD, DePaul University; BA, Carroll College
Kevin Ferro

Kevin Ferro, Managing Director

  • Chairman, Arisaph Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  • Member of the Board of Directors, Kos Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  • Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer, Oikos Advisors LLC
  • Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer, Ferro Capital LLC
  • Global Head of Alternative Investments, Commerzbank AG
  • Vice President, D. E. Shaw & Co, LP
  • BA, Harvard University
Sundar Kodiyalam

Sundar Kodiyalam, Managing Director

  • Senior Vice President, Corporate Development & New Business Opportunities, Kos Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  • Vice President, Commercial Development, Ortec International
  • Director of Business Development & Licensing, Schering-Plough
  • International and US Product Management, Novartis
  • MS (Pharmaceutical Administration), Ohio State University; BS (Pharmacy), Madras University
Lyn Baranowski

Lyn Baranowski, Vice President

  • Director, US Brand Management, Novartis Pharmaceuticals
  • Director, US Business Development & Licensing, Novartis Pharmaceuticals
  • Senior Policy Advisor, Novartis International
  • International Trade Analyst, Dewey Ballantine LLP & US Department of Commerce
  • MBA, Harvard Business School; BA, American University
David Smith

David Smith, Associate

  • Senior Associate, Portfolio & Risk Management, Ferro Capital LLC
  • Analyst, Transfer Pricing Practice, Ernst & Young
  • BA, Harvard University
Christopher Burden

Christopher Burden, Chief Operating Officer

  • Chief Operating Officer, Oikos Advisors LLC
  • Chief Operating Officer, Ferro Capital LLC
  • Head of Alternative Investment Product Structuring, Commerzbank AG
  • Associate Attorney, Asset Management Group, Shearman & Sterling LLP
  • JD, American University; BA, Cornell University
Michael Allen

Michael Allen, Chief Financial Officer

  • Chief Financial Officer, Oikos Advisors LLC
  • Director and Operating Committee Member, GlobeOp Financial Services
  • Vice President and Controller, UBS, North America & London Equities Divisions
  • Managing Consultant, Price Waterhouse London, Capital Market Group
  • CICA, Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants
  • MBA, York University, Toronto; BA, Queens University, Kingston
Lawrence B. Copperman

Lawrence B. Copperman, Legal Advisor

  • Attorney, Steven K. Aronoff, PC
  • Associate Attorney, Gallet Dreyer & Berkey
  • Associate Attorney, Lindenbaum & Young
  • JD, Georgetown University; BA, Brandeis University