Mark Sadie
Mr. Sadie, who is known professionally as Mark Sardi, has served as Chief Executive Officer of Ster-Kinekor Theatres, Africa's largest cinema exhibition and in-cinema media platform, since January 2023. Prior to Ster-Kinekor, Mr. Sadie served as Group Chief Commercial Officer of Aspen Pharmacare, a global pharmaceutical company from January 2022 to December 2022. From October 2019 to December 2021, Mr. Sadie served as Group Chief Executive Officer of Ascendis Health, a Johnannesburg Stock Exchange-listed international health and wellness group, and, from 2014 to 2019, Mr. Sadie served as Group Chief Executive Officer of House of Busby, a private equity-owned master franchisor of leading global fashion brands across Southern Africa. Earlier in his career, Mr. Sadie served as Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Cipla South Africa, Chief Financial Officer of Truworths International, a Managing Director, Joint Head of Investment Banking at Nedbank Capital, and a Vice President at Rothschild (London). Mr. Sadie currently serves as a Senior Adviser to Blantyre Capital. Mr. Sadie holds a Bachelor of Business Science from the University of Cape Town and is a qualified Chartered Accountant (CA(SA)).