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Airline Economics, the flagship publication dedicated to the commercial aviation finance and leasing industry owned by Aviation News Ltd, has announced the Airline Economics 40 under 40 Class of 2023 along with the leading Aviation Industry Mentors for 2023 in September 2023.
The strength of the nominations to the Airline Economics 40 under 40 for 2023 shows that the industry is well prepared for this changing of the guard with a highly skilled and experience talent pool heading into the next decade. The Airline Economics 40 under 40 Class of 2023 was compiled from another record amount of nominations and endorsements, many from senior members of the wide aviation community. All 40 members of the final list received 1,305 endorsements in total, with the majority of those from clients.
“We have been astonished at the response to this year’s 40 under 40 nominations process, from the sheer number of talented individuals submitted for consideration to the wealth of support provided by their clients, peers and colleagues. Our sincere thanks to everyone who took the time to nominate and endorse entries to this year’s 40 under 40,” Victoria Tozer-Pennington, editor and co-founder of Airline Economics, commented at the time the list was announced. “As ever it was difficult to choose just forty individuals from the 119 nominations. The number of nominations and endorsements is testament to the achievements of all of these professionals, which demonstrates the strength of the next generation of aviation industry leaders.”
Although the 40 under 40 group is not ranked, Airline Economics does present its Future Leader award to the individual with the most impressive endorsements from clients and senior industry figures. In 2023 – for the first time – the award was shared by two very impressive candidates. Kinnary Armstrong, executive director at Mizuho and Kalash Pandey, managing director at Goldman Sachs.
In 2023, four individuals achieved the Highly Commended designation that recognises the calibre and sheer quantity of their supporting nominations. These were: Claire McDermott, partner at Flynn O’Driscoll; Claire Waters, aviation finance tax director at KPMG Ireland; Matheus Piorino, head of customer finance at Embraer; and Joe Conboy, aviation finance partner at PwC.
All 40 under 40 members are given the opportunity to nominate an individual or individuals that have acted as a mentor or an inspiration during their aviation industry career, which was revealed in the fourth Airline Economics Aviation Industry Mentors group for 2023.
The Airline Economics 40 under 40 Class of 2023 celebrated with sponsors and guests at a glittering gala dinner held at the guildhall in London, on October 2, 2023.
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Kinnary | Armstrong | Executive Director | Mizuho |
Ritch Vilas | Boas | Senior Director, Head of Asset Finance Americas | Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank |
Anas | Bounahmidi | Chief Technical Officer | ABL Aviation |
David | Breen | Head of Corporate Development & Investor Relations | Avolon |
David | Chaimovitz | Chief Executive Officer | Setna iO |
Terry | Chang | Of Counsel | Morgan Lewis |
Aqmar | Chowdhury | Director, Aviation Finance Origination (Americas) | MUFG |
Cian | Coakley | Head of Aircraft & Asset Management Origination | ORIX Aviation |
Joe | Conboy | Aviation Finance Partner | PwC |
Jose Ignacio | Dougnac | Chief Executive Officer | Sky Airline |
Charlie | Ferguson | Vice President, Sales and Marketing, EMEA | Rolls-Royce & Partners Finance |
Annemarie | Fleming | Head of Castlelake Aviation Services | Castlelake |
Tom | Gathercole | Head of EMEA & Executive Vice President | Aircastle |
Vivien | Guo | Director, Aviation, APAC | BNP Paribas |
Ashley | Hamilton | Associate | Clifford Chance |
Gareth | Hawes | Partner | Smith Gambrell Russell |
Kate | Holohan | Head of Trading | Carlyle Aviation Partners |
Matteo | Jiang (Pengfei) | Senior Vice President, Head of EMEA and Americas | Clover Aviation Capital |
James | Kilner | Shareholder | Vedder Price |
Mahesh | Kumar | Chief Executive Officer | Asia Digital Engineering (ADE) |
Stacy | Kuperus | Chief Portfolio Officer | FTAI Aviation |
Shirley | Lu | Vice President, Head of Management Business, Head of Maturing Aircraft Strategy | Air Lease Corporation |
Claire | McDermott | Partner | Flynn O’Driscoll |
Barry | Moloney | VP Portfolio Management & Originations | High Ridge Aviation |
Sean | Myers | SVP Trading, Head of Engine Portfolios | World Star Aviation |
Mark | Napier | Executive Director: Commercial Aftermarket, Americas | Spirit AeroSystems |
Peter | O’Byrne | Head of Trading | Genesis |
Jackie | O’Connell | VP Commercial | Falko |
Neil | O’Donnell | General Counsel | Aergo Capital |
Martina | O’Neill | Group Vice President, Serviced Assets & Investor Relations | Nordic Aviation Capital |
Conor | O’Sullivan | SVP Corporate Finance | SMBC Aviation Capital |
Kalash | Pandey | Managing Director | Goldman Sachs |
Matheus | Piorino | Head of Customer Finance, North America | Embraer |
Samuel | Rice | Vice President – Sales, EMEA | Aero Capital Solutions |
Alisa | Saitharatanapongse | VP Transaction Management | SMBC Aero Engine Lease |
Paula | Shanahan | Head of Structured Finance | Pivotal corporate |
Alexandra | Somerset | Counsel | Norton Rose Fulbright |
Barry | Stafford | SVP Risk | CDB Aviation |
Mojca | Svensek | Senior Vice President Sales | Sabena Technics |
Claire | Waters | Tax Director | KPMG |
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Joe | Adams | Chief Executive Officer & Chairman | FTAI Aviation |
Mark | Allen | Head of Corporate Finance | SMBC Aviation Capital |
Vivek | Bantwal | Co-Head of Global Financing Group | Goldman Sachs |
Stan | Barnes | Chief Financial Officer | Aergo Capital |
Jason | Barany | Chief Executive Officer/ Chief Investment Officer | Aero Capital Solutions |
Adam | Beringer | Shareholder | Vedder Price |
Philip | Bolger | Chairman | Abelo Capital Aviation |
John | Bordeaux | Chief Financial Officer | High Ridge Aviation |
James | Bradley | Partner | Morgan, Lewis, Bockius |
Pierre | Briens | Head of Aviation APAC | BNP Paribas |
Fred | Browne | Chief Executive Officer | Aergo Capital |
Andy | Carlisle | President at Aviation-Appraisal, former Chief Technical Officer at Goshawk | Aviation-Appraisal |
Andy | Cronin | Chief Executive Officer | Avolon |
Jeanette | Delehanty | Aviation General Counsel | Castlelake |
Sarah | Dichlian | Chief General Counsel | Falko |
James | Duggan | Managing Partner | Flynn O’Driscoll |
Fernando | Elias | Global Head of Customer Finance | Embraer |
David | Evans | Managing Director, North America | Pivotal Corporate |
Tony | Fernandes | Chief Executive Officer | Capital A |
Ben | Graham-Evans | Partner | Smith Gambrell Russell |
Karl | Griffin | Chief Executive Officer | Genesis |
Steve | Hazy | Executive Chairman | Air Lease Corporation |
Sean | Hedderman | Chief Technical Officer | Aergo Capital |
Bobby | Janagan | Manmaging Director | Rolls-Royce Partners Finance |
Mitsuru | Koguchi | former Global Head of Structured Finance | Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank |
Robert | Korn | President | Carlyle Aviation Partners |
Julie | Larrissy | Head of Risk | CDB Aviation |
Pierre-Yves | Lazies | Sales Director, EMEA | Immarsat |
Matthew | Leigh | Partner | Smith, Gambrell & Russell |
James | Meyler | Chief Executive Officer | ORIX Aviation |
Paul | O’Dwyer | Chief Commercial Officer | ORIX Aviation |
Joe | O’Mara | Head of Aviation Finance & Partner | KPMG Ireland |
Holger | Paulmann | Chairman | SKY Airline |
John | Plueger | CEO and President | Air Lease Corporation |
Gary | Rothschild | Partner and Head of Aviation Finance Credit | Apollo |
Marcelo | Santiago | VP of Contracts and Asset Management | Embraer |
Yvonne | Thompson | Aviation Finance Leader & Partner | PwC |
Olivier | Trauchessec | Global Head of Aviation | MUFG |
Karl | Trowbridge | Head of Asset Management | Aergo Capital |
Alex | Wass | Partner | Norton Rose Fulbright |
Roger | Welaratne | Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer | SMBC Aero Engine Lease |
Emily | Wicker | Partner | Clifford Chance |
Greg | Willis | Chief Financial Officer | Air Lease Corporation |
Doug | Winter | Chief Commercial Officer | Aircastle |
Steve | Wong | Vice President Engine Marketing | AerCap Singapore |
Al | Wood | Founder & Chief Executive Officer | Aquila Air Capital |
Joe | Ye Tian | Chief Executive Officer and President | Clover Aviation Capital |