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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 2022 along with the leading Aviation Industry Mentors for 2022.

After the past two years of a global pandemic and the recent increase in geopolitical tension, the next generation of industry leaders now have first-hand, real world experience of the most significant aviation downturn in living memory. With the coming challenges of high interest rates, inflation and the move to a more sustainable industry, the class of 2022 are as confident as they may ever be in facing the next set of challenges thanks to the past two years of trial-by-fire.

The Airline Economics 40 under 40 Class of 2022 has been compiled from another record amount of nominations and an unprecedented amount of endorsements, many from senior members of the wide aviation community. All 40 members of the final list received 485 endorsements in total, with the majority of those from clients.

“Our sincere thanks to everyone who took the time to nominate and endorse entries to this year’s 40 under 40,” says Victoria Tozer-Pennington, editor and co-founder of Airline Economics. “Our congratulations to all of the talented individuals who were nominated. The impressive and substantial achievements by all the individuals on our short list this year is testament to the breadth of young talent in the aviation community.”

Although the 40 under 40 group is not ranked, Airline Economics does present its Future Leader award to the individual with the most – and most impressive – nominations from clients and senior industry figures. This year’s recipient is Andrew Carswell, General Counsel at volofin Capital Management. The Highly Commended designation has also been awarded to certain individuals to recognise the calibre and sheer quantity of their supporting nominations. These are: Laura Cunningham, Partner at Arthur Cox; Todd Power, SVP Commercial – The Americas at Aero Capital Solutions; and Saahas Shuddh Rauniyar, Finance Director at Rolls-Royce & Partners Finance.

Once again all 40 under 40 members were given the opportunity to nominate an individual or individuals that have acted as a mentor or an inspiration during their career in the aviation industry, from which we have compiled the third Airline Economics Aviation Industry Mentors group for 2022.

Congratulations to the Airline Economics 40 under 40 Class of 2022. The Airline Economics team looks forward to celebrating with you at Airline Economics Growth Frontiers London conference on September 13, 2022.

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>> Nominations Guidelines 2023

Airline Economics 40 under 40 2022
Viktor	Berta	Head of Aviation Finance Advisory	ACC Aviation
Paolo	Bettencourt	Vice President, Marketing & Sales	World Star Aviation
Andrew	Carswell	General Counsel	Volofin Capital Management
Cian	Coakley	Director, Commercial	ORIX Aviation
Laura	Cunningham	Partner	Arthur Cox
Benoist	de Vimal	Regional Head for the Aviation Group, EMEA	MUFG (Americas)
Nathan	Dickstein	Managing Director, Head of Aerospace Opportunities Fund	AE Industrial Partners
Jonathan	Dufeu	Global Balthazar Finance leader; Co-head of Political Risks & Structured Credit	Marsh SAS
Jeff	Edwards	Director, Sales – Global Leasing	Boeing Commercial Airplanes
Rob	Flavell	Director Aircraft Financing	Norwegian Group
Thomas	Frey	Senior Director	Sun Country Airlines
Sarah	Gaudin	Director, Head of Lessors and Portfolio Financing	Societe Generale
Sabrina	Glimcher	Deputy General Counsel	Global Jet Capital
Adam	Guthorn	Managing Director	Alton Aviation Consultancy
Richard	Hakes	Global Chair of Transportation	Reed Smith
Susie	Hayes	Director Aviation Finance	Standard Chartered
Niels	Jensen	Partner and co-head of Aviation	Vinson & Elkins
Ruth	Kavanagh	Head of Corporate Planning and Investment	ORIX Aviation
Youngha	Kim	Executive Director, Global Head of ECA Aviation	JPMorgan
Eimear	Konkoly	Vice President	Griffin Global Asset Management
Rafael	Kuhn	MD, Head of Aviation Capital	Deutsche Bank
Adeline	Lim	SVP, CEO Office	BOC Aviation
John	Logan	Senior Vice President of Finance	Carlyle Aviation Partners
Tom	Maddison	Senior Associate	Smith, Gambrell Russell
Killian	McSharry	Partner, Asset & Aviation Finance Group	Walkers
Clemens	Metz	Managing Director, Corporate Finance & Treasury	American Airlines
David	Moreno	Chief Operating Officer	FTAI Aviation
Thomas	Mueller	Vice President Sales (Europe)	BeauTech Power Systems
Ross	Nicholas	VP Trading	CDB Aviation
Jaime	Nieto	Head of Global Sales & OEM Relations	Rolls-Royce Partners Finance
Fiona	O’Grady	Director, Aviation Finance EMEA	Standard Chartered
Joe	O’Mara	Head of Aviation Finance	KPMG Ireland
Camille	Pousseur	Marketing Director	Stratos
Todd	Power	SVP Commercial – The Americas	Aero Capital Solutions
Saahas Shuddh	Rauniyar	Finance Director	Rolls-Royce Partners Finance
Alain	Rousseau	Head of Aviation Finance, EMEA	Natixis
Jessica	Sew	Manager, Fleet Transactions – Technical	Air Canada
Asad	Shaikh	Vice President, Fleet Planning	Allegiant Airlines
Francois	Soldan	Director, Aviation	Doric Partners
Daniel	Verwholt	SVP and Treasurer	Air Lease Corporation

Airline Economics Aviation Industry Mentors 2022
Joseph	Adams	Chair & CEO	Fortress
Yann	Ballet	Senior Advisor	Blueberry Aviation
Lee	Beaumont	CEO & Founder	BeauTech
Jude	Bricker	Chief Executive Officer	Sun Country Airlines
Jean	Chedeville	Global Head of Aviation Finance	Natixis
Caroline	Cowie	Executive Advisor – Legal	Meta Aerospace
Gary	Fitzgerald	Chief Executive Officer	Stratos
Lauren	Floquet	Head of EMEA Aviation Finance	Societe Generale
Cameron	Gee	Partner	Vedder Price
Sylvain	Gloux	Senior Director Origination, Aviation Finance	NordLB
Ursula	Hurley	Chief Financial Officer	JetBlue
Bobby	Jannagan	Managing Director	Rolls-Royce & Partners Finance
Stefanie	Jung	SVP Leasing & Trading	BeauTech
Thierry	Justice	Head of Insurance Risk Management	Airbus
Patrick	Kaufer	Managing Director, Global Head of Aviation	Deutsche Bank
Marie-Louise	Kelly	Chief Financial Officer	ORIX Aviation
David	Kelmanson	Chief Executive Officer	Larus Aviation
Tobias	Konrad	Chief Operating Officer	BeauTech
Robert	Korn	Co-founding Principal	Carlyle Aviation Partners
Mike	Littleton	Head of Aircraft Trading	SMBC Aviation Capital
Robert	Martin	Chief Executive Officer	BOC Aviation
Kevin	McAllister	Senior Operating Partner & Co-Head of AEI Portfolio Optimization Group	AE Industrial Partners
Will	McCallum	Managing Director and Head of Marketing, EMEA	Standard Chartered Bank
Ryan	McKenna	Chief Executive Officer	Griffin Global Asset Management
Brad	McMullen	SVP, Commercial Sales & Marketing, North America	Boeing
John	Meakin	Managing Director, Global Head of Export & Agency Finance	JPMorgan
James	Meyler	Chief Executive Officer	ORIX Aviation
Meghan	Montana	VP Treasurer	American Airlines
John	Mowry	Managing Director	Alton Aviation Consultancy
Peter	Moylan	Managing Director and Head of Trading	Standard Chartered Bank
Michael	Mullen	President	StratosAer
Rob	Murphy	Co-Chair of Aviation Group	Arthur Cox
Robert	Neal	Senior Vice President, Corporate Finance & Treasurer	Allegiant Travel Company
Pat	O’Brien	Consultant
Paul	O’Dwyer	Chief Commercial Officer	ORIX Aviation
Sibylle	Paehler	MD and Shareholder	Doric
Wesley	Parfitt	Senior Director Aircraft Transactions-Technical	Air Canada
Christopher	Paul	Chief Legal Officer	Global Jet Capital
John	Plueger	Chief Executive Officer	Air Lease Corporation
Jonathan	Sheehan	Managing Partner and Head of Tax	Walkers
Yann	Sonnallier	Global Head of Aviation Finance	Societe Generale
Lucien	Tomasini	former Global Head of Aviation Finance	Societe Generale
Steven	Townend	Chief Financial Officer	BOC Aviation
Mark	Turnbull	Partner	Smith, Gambrell and Russell
Steven	Udvar-Hazy	Executive Chairman of the Board	Air Lease Corporation
Greg	Willis	EVP & Chief Financial Officer	Air Lease Corporation

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