MKM Partners CEO and leadership

Sagar Sheth is currently the President of MKM Partners. He is responsible for creating, communicating, and implementing MKM’s vision, mission, and direction across all business lines. He also focuses on evaluating opportunities for expansion, increasing the firm’s visibility in the marketplace, and together with the Founders, overseeing the operations of the firm. Prior to his role as President, Mr Sheth was Chairman of the Operating Committee and Co-Head of US Institutional Sales. Reporting directly to the CEO, he was tasked with creating and executing strategies that will improve the firm’s overall business in the US, Canada, and Europe. He grew MKM’s market share by broadening distribution, developed new and existing client relationships, and led the national sales team located in nine different offices across the country. Mr Sheth started at MKM Partners in 2014 as a Managing Director and Head of Midwest Equities, where he started the firm’s first Chicago Office. Mr Sheth previously served as Director in the Global Markets Division of Deutsche Bank, and prior to that, he was a Director at UBS Investment Bank in the Equities Group. He also held positions as an Associate Quantitative Analyst at UBS Global Asset Management and as a Business Analyst at Morgan Stanley’s Discover Financial Services Group. In his personal time, Mr Sheth gives back to the community by serving as a Board Member on multiple charitable organizations and he was also an Adjunct Professor at the IIT Stuart School of Business in Chicago from 2011 to 2016. He is an investor in a wide variety of businesses and start-ups ranging from education, technology, hospitality, and finance. Mr Sheth received an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, and he graduated from University of Michigan with a Bachelors in Economics.

Sheila Slattery is a CFO at MKM Partners and is based in Stamford, Connecticut.

Michael T. Darda joined MKM Partners in December 2003 as Chief Economist and Director of Research. Prior to joining MKM, Mr. Darda worked as Chief Economist and Director of International Research Polyconomics, Inc., a research firm located in New Jersey. Before joining Polyconomics, Inc., Mr. Darda worked in the Wisconsin State Legislature as a Press Secretary and Staff Economist for State Senator Margaret A. Farrow. He graduated with honors in economics, journalism, and public relations from the University of Wisconsin at Whitewater.

Marni Weiner (Levine) is a Chief of Staff and Executive Director Institutional Equity Sales at MKM Partners and is based in Greater Chicago Area. She has worked as Playstation Vita Insider at MRY, Junior Equity Salesperson at MKM Partners, and Intern at Empower Public Relations. Marni studied at Harvard Business School between 2020 and 2021 and The Ohio State University Fisher College of Business between 2007 and 2012.