Technology & Business Services
Telecom & Media
Vladimir Lasocki is a Managing Director focused on investment opportunities in Central and Eastern Europe. He is based in Warsaw.
Prior to joining Carlyle in 2000, Mr. Lasocki was an Associate with Deutsche Bank's principal investments group focusing on communications investments. At Deutsche Bank, Mr. Lasocki was involved in the bank's investments in Airspan (AIRN), Cocom (acquired by Cisco System), Orchestream (LSE:OCH), Transmeta (TMTA) and Xacct (acquired by Amdocs) among others. Prior to joining Deutsche Bank, Mr. Lasocki was with the corporate finance group of Paribas in Paris, London and Prague.
Mr. Lasocki has a degree in business administration with a major in finance earned at EM Lyon and the Université Libre de Bruxelles (Solvay Business School) and an M.A. in European economic studies from the College of Europe in Bruges. A French national, Mr. Lasocki also speaks English and Czech.
Mr. Lasocki is a member of the Board of Directors Transics International NV (Euronext:TRAN) and Wall Street Institute Education, SàRL, and he has represented Carlyle on the Boards of Egencia SA (acquired by Expedia), Orthogon Systems Ltd. (acquired by Motorola), Financière CAMECA SAS (acquired by Ametek), Solsoft SA (acquired by Exaprotect), and PacketLight Networks Ltd (now a member of the Rad Group).