Every year Airline Economics recognises the best and brightest young talent in the aviation finance and leasing community with its list of the foremost 40 individuals aged under 40 years of age.
Airline Economics 40 under 40 2024 | |||
| Maika | Arakawa | Assistant Manager, Fleet Transaction, Procurement | Japan Airlines |
| Eduardo | Arrufat | VP Airline Leasing & Sales - Americas | Rolls-Royce & Partners Finance |
| Dina | Bouzekri Alami | Senior Client Advisor, Balthazar Finance, Political Risks and Structured Credit | Marsh SAS |
| Patrick | Brophy | Counsel | O'Melveny & Myers |
| Philip | Bushell | SVP Legal | elfc |
| Jordan | Calhoun | Vice President, Marketing | Jackson Square Aviation |
| Justine | Chilvers | Shareholder | Vedder Price |
| Cian | Coakley | Head of Aircraft and Asset Management Origination | ORIX Aviation |
| Hilary | Dennehy | Head of Transaction Legal (Americas) | Avolon |
| Nancy | Derby | Senior Director Commercial and Origination, EMEA | Regional One / R1 Lease Services |
| Greg | Fox | SVP Commercial Finance | High Ridge Aviation |
| Zach | Hall | VP, Business Development | AvAir |
| Masafumi | Hayashi | SVP Trading and Sales & Marketing | SMBC Aero Engine Lease |
| Fiona | Henderson | Partner | Norton Rose Fulbright |
| Shashank | Jain | VP & Head Legal | Tata SIA Airlines (Vistara Airlines) |
| Sinan | Kahya | Chief Financial Officer | Dubai Aerospace Enterprise |
| Sengova | Kailondo | Senior Associate | Hogan Lovells International |
| Arjun | Kapur | Legal Counsel | BOC Aviation |
| Tanes | Kumar | Chief Executive Officer (CEO) & Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) | Myanmar Airways International (MAI) & Mingalar |
| Kunsik (KS) | Lee | Vice President Commercial APAC | CDB Aviation |
| Neha | Mishra | Chief Executive Officer / Chief Technical Officer | AeroConsultant Group (France/UK/India) |
| Kate | O'Connor | Group Vice President, Aircraft Trading | Nordic Aviation Capital |
| Eibhlin | O'Connor | Senior Manager | PAFS Ireland |
| Eileen | O'Donnell | Chief Financial Officer | ABL Aviation |
| Stephen | O'Dwyer | Senior Vice President, Airline Marketing | SMBC Aviation Capital |
| Shane | O'Reilly | Chief Risk Officer | AerCap |
| Pablo | Poggi | Manager Corporate Finance | American Airlines |
| Francisco | Raddatz | Fleet and Procurement Senior Vice President | Avianca Group |
| Brian | Rainey | Director, Risk | ACIA Aero Leasing |
| Nitin | Sarin | Managing Partner | Sarin & Co. |
| Eric | Sherlock | General Counsel | LCI |
| Adam | Smyth | Chief Financial Officer | Genesis |
| Cillian | Spain | Vice President, Portfolio & Fund Management | Carlyle Aviation Partners |
| Adam | Stefanick | Deputy General Counsel | Aero Capital Solutions |
| Suraya | Tegally | Partner | Keystone Law |
| Brendan | Ullman | General Manager, Aircraft Transactions | Delta Air Lines |
| Alex | Walsh | Of Counsel, Maples and Calder | Maples Group |
| Jonathan | Weinstein | Managing Director, Co-Head of Aviation Advisory | Evercore |
| Steve | Williamson | Principal, Head of Trading | Crestone Air Partners |
| Diyu | Wu | VP Legal Counsel and Director | UMB Bank |
Airline Economics Mentors 2024 | |||
| George | Ackert | Senior Managing Director and Co-Head of Financial Sponsors Group | Evercore |
| Mike | Bianco | Chief Executive Officer | AvAir |
| Felipe | Campos | Chief Operating Officer | Avolon |
| Thomas | Chandler | Chief Operating Officer | BOC Aviation |
| Eric | DeGroat | General Counsel | Aero Capital Solutions |
| Caroline | Devlin | Aviation Legal and Tax Consultant | Lotus Advisory |
| Jonathan | Dufeu | Global Balthazar Finance Leader and co-head of Political Risks and Structured Credit | Marsh SAS |
| Terri | Foley | Chief Operating Officer | LCI |
| Robert | Fugard | Partner | Hogan Lovells International |
| Cameron | Gee | Shareholder | Vedder Price |
| Karl | Griffin | Chief Executive Officer | Genesis |
| Donal | Hanley | Associate Director and Associate Professor | Institute of Air and Space Law of McGill University |
| Bill | Hoffman | Chairman and Co-Founder | Carlyle Aviation Partners |
| Mario | Jacovides | Partner | Keystone Law |
| Anton | Joiner | Chief Risk Officer | AerCap |
| Colin | Joyce | EVP and CIO | Nordic Aviation Capital |
| Thomas | Juterbock | Consultant to Barings Transportation and former Barings Co-Head of Investment Team Private Equity/ Real Assets and Genesis Board Member | Barings / Genesis |
| Jason | Kaplan | Co-Chair of Aviation | O’Melveny & Myers |
| Doug | Kaprielian | Independent Director | Crestone Air Partners |
| David | Kelmanson | Chief Executive Officer | Larus Aviation |
| Robert | Korn | President and Co-Founder | Carlyle Aviation Partners |
| George | Mamangakis | Chief Investment Officer | Regional One / R1 Lease Services |
| Clem | McCloskey | Managing Director & Head of Developed Markets | Nordic Aviation Capital |
| John | McInerney | Managing Director | PAFS Ireland |
| James | Meyler | Chief Executive Officer | ORIX Aviation |
| Meghan | Montana | Treasurer | American Airlines |
| Daisuke | Murai | Senior Director, Fleet Transaction, Procurement | Japan Airlines |
| David | Murray | Head of Transactions | Avolon |
| Jaime | Nieto | Chief Commercial Officer | Rolls-Royce Partners Finance |
| Paul | O'Dwyer | Chief Commercial Officer | ORIX Aviation |
| Mary | O'Neill | Partner and Head of Asset Finance | Maples Group (Dublin Office) |
| Neil | Poland | Partner | Vedder Price |
| David | Power | Vice Chairperson | The Hague Court of Arbitration for Aviation |
| Saravanan | Ramasamy | Chief Executive Officer | Pos Aviation |
| Aidan | Reynolds | Chief Technical Officer | Jackson Square Aviation |
| Scott | Rosevear | Senior Vice President, Legal Counsel | UMB Bank |
| Anuradha | Singh | Head of Legal and Transaction Management | BOC Aviation |
| Garreth | Slevin | Partner | World Star Aviation |
| Conor | Stafford | Head of Airline Marketing | SMBC Aviation Capital |
| Jim | Steckart | Founding Partner, EVP Region Manager, Americas | High Ridge Aviation |
| Gavin | Sweitzer | Director, Aircraft Transactions | Delta Air Lines |
| Yushi | Tanaka | Chief Investment Officer | ORIX Aviation |
| Firoz | Tarapore | Chief Executive Officer | Dubai Aerospace Enterprise |
| Alyssa | Vazquez | Partner | Norton Rose Fulbright |
| Jeffrey | Veber | Shareholder | Vedder Price |
| Roger | Welaratne | Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer | SMBC Aero Engine Lease |
| Mark | Whatley | Senior Managing Director and Co-Head of Transportation | Evercore |
| John | Yanney | Head of Americas Marketing & OEM Relations | Jackson Square Aviation |
