Mr. Michael S. Saran is the Founder and Managing Partner of Odien Group. Mr. Saran serves as the Chief Executive Officer of AVIA, a.s. Prior to founding Odien Group, Mr. Saran served as the Chairman of the Investment Committee and as the Chief Executive Officer of the Czech Revitalization Agency. Prior to that, Mr. Saran served as the Managing Director for Latona Associates of Europe, LLC. Prior to joining Latona, Mr. Saran worked for Smedvig Capital, a private equity group based in London. Between 1992 and 1995, Mr. Saran was a management consultant with the German practice of Coopers & Lybrand. He began his career with McKinsey & Company in 1991. Mr. Saran is also a Board Member of the Harvard Club of Prague, He is fluent in Turkish and German and has also mastered the basics of Czech. He graduated from Stanford University with a B.A. degree in Economics and International Relations and holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.