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Published on: 10/1/2008
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Henry A. Sweetbaum Mr. Sweetbaum has been a member of Mikronite's Board of Directors since December 2004.He has an extensive background in the computer and telecommunications industries.He has successfully engineered turnarounds, restructurings and reorganizations, within and outside of the tech-sector, and has had many years experience in mergers and acquisitions, both on the sell and the buy-sides.Mr. Sweetbaum is a Principal of PS Capital LLC, an advisory and venture investment company.
Previously, Mr. Sweetbaum was Chairman and Chief Executive of Wickes plc, a pan European retailer with sales of approximately $1billion.At Daylin Inc., Mr. Sweetbaum participated in the successful reorganization of the Company through Chapter 11 and its sale to WR Grace.In the UK Mr. Sweetbaum served as Chairman of Huntingdon Securities, which focused on corporate turnarounds, M&A and private investments.
Mr. Sweetbaum has spent more than 30-years serving as a Non-Executive Director for numerous companies, such as Silicon Systems Inc., Ashton Tate Corporation, Decision Data Corporation and Data Recording Instrument Company Limited, where he was also Non-Executive Chairman.
Mr. Sweetbaum has published Restructuring - The Management Challenge (Baden-Fuller 1990) and Best Practices, or Just Best People (Directors & Boards - Summer 1995 Edition).
Mr. Sweetbaum serves on the Board of Overseers at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and he is also a member of Wharton's European Advisory Board and the Board of the SEI Center for Advanced Studies in Management.
Mr. Sweetbaum received his degree from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.