The Aeon Group, Inc. is at the center of a portfolio of companies that includes a family of technology oriented funds, a registered broker-dealer, and related enterprises. The Aeon Group’s primary purpose is to enable qualified individuals and institutions to access valuable and hard to find investment opportunities. It’s operations are carried out through its affiliated companies.
Mr. Mallios is the Founder of The Aeon Group, Inc., the parent company of the Aeon Family of Funds, Aeon Capital, Aeon Systems, as well as other subsidiaries. Mr. Mallios has had a diverse career over the past 20 years as a fund manager, corporate consultant, investment banker, executive and entrepreneur. Prior to Aeon, his experience as Partner, CEO, COO, and Head of Investment Banking at many firms in the US, China as well as other countries has allowed him to participate as principal investor and/or agent in primary and secondary transactions in private and public companies worldwide in excess of 1 billion dollars. Mr. Mallios holds Series 24, 79, 7, 63 and 65 licenses.
Mr. Lewis is a seasoned leader with over twenty years of experience within private and non-profit start-up, small, and medium-sized organizations. Through hands-on experience in starting, growing, and turning-around these organizations, has gained extensive hard and soft skills in organizational and corporate development, as well as executive management and leadership. Leveraging experience in marketing, technology, and corporate finance, is able to deliver an integrated approach to strategically innovate, communicate and coordinate efforts across multiple teams and projects.
Pete Petino, our Chief Operating Officer and Secretary, joined The Aeon Group in June of 2019 where he is currently serving as President, bringing with him over 30 years of diverse Wall Street and military experience that includes operations, personnel and project management and trading.
From March 1990 to February 2001, Mr. Petino served in the New Jersey Army National Guard, as a Commissioned Field Artillery Officer where he earned the rank of Captain prior to his Honorable Discharge. During those 10 years, he performed a wide range of leadership and management roles and was ultimately responsible for the safety and training of the personnel and equipment assigned to him. Concurrent with his service, Mr. Petino founded and operated Laurel Management, his own IPO and syndicate focused trading business he has been operating for over 14 years. Prior to that, Mr. Petino’s served as a Manager at Bankers Trust from April 1990 to April 1992, and Associate at Goldman Sachs from April 1992 to May 1994.
Valentino LaRosa, our Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, has over 20 years of experience in finance, accounting and operations. He has been serving as the President of Aster Brands, Inc., a subsidiary of Aeon, Inc., since November 2019, focusing on the growth of the “Mangia Organica” brand. He founded Eleven Eleven Productions, an audio/video production company, in October 2006 and has been serving as its Chief Executive Officer since then. Prior to that, Mr. La Rosa was a financial consultant to Verizon Wireless from August 2003 to September 2006, handling financial reporting and audit responsibilities and Unilever, a multinational consumer goods business, from July 2002 to June 2003. From July 2000 to May 2002, he was worked at Transtechnik Corp., an electronics manufacturer, in various financial reporting positions. He started his career at Interchange Bank in May 1999 as a Financial Accountant and worked directly with the Controller and gained great knowledge in financial reporting until May 2000.
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