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Schedule

Tuesday 5th November 2024 – Day 1

Level 1 – Grand Ballroom

08:00 | Registration Open/Morning refreshments
Rolling all day breaks in conference foyer

08:50 | Chairs opening remarks
Maria Urtseva, Chief Legal Counsel, Rolls Royce & Partners Finance

09:00 | Opening of conference
Jeffrey Lam, Group COO and President Commercial Aerospace, ST Engineering

09:10 | JOL & JOLCO Panel
Moderator: Simon Collins, Partner, Watson Farley & Williams
Panel: Umid Sharipov, Managing Director Relationship Management – Japan, ABL Aviation / Yasuhiro Nakauchi, Senior Director – Aircraft Finance Department, Business Development Division, JP Lease Products & Services Co., Ltd. / MUFG name TBC

09:50 | Airline Fuel Hedging
Energy Prices, Concepts overview, tactics & strategies
Robert J. Kokonis, President & Managing Director, AirTrav Inc

10:20 | The supply demand imbalance and its impact on lease demand and rentals
Barry Flannery, Chief Commercial Officer, SMBC Aviation Capital

10:55 | Capital Markets Panel
Moderator: Phillip Durham, Partner, Holland and Knight
Panel: Jeff Silverman, Director Opportunistic and Private Credit, Natalliance / Katie Chen, Senior Director, Fitch Ratings / Pierre Briens, Head of Aviation Asia Pacific, BNP Paribas / Leo Burrell, Managing Director, Crédit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc.

11:40 | Keynote
Steven Townend Chief Executive Officer, BOC Aviation

12:15 | Lessor CEO Panel
Moderator: Robert Martin, Former CEO, BOC Aviation
Panel: Norm Liu, President & CEO, Nordic Aviation Capital / Firoz Tarapore, Chief Executive Officer, DAE Capital / Thomas Baker, CEO, Aviation Capital Group

13:00 | Lunch

13:55 | Supported Finance Panel – ECAs and alternatives for the APAC region
Moderator: George Paterson, Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright LLP
Panel: Gemma Bae, Head of SEF Americas, ING Bank / Bob Morin, Managing Director – Transaction and Business Development Leader, Aircraft Finance Insurance Consortium / Marsh USA Inc / Jonathan Dufeu, Credit Specialties – Global Balthazar Finance Leader & Co Head – Political Risks & Structured Credit, Marsh Specialty /  Olaf Sachau: Itasca External Consultant – Lessor Origination & Capital Markets / Fazlinda Thomas, Deputy Head of Aerospace, UK Export Finance

14:45 | Fireside chat
Robert Korn, Carlyle Aviation Partners

15:10 | Asset management panel
Moderator: James Bradley, Partner, Morgan Lewis
Panel: David E. Beker, Executive Vice President, Marketing Head of Aircraft Sales & Trading, Air Lease Corporation / Lewis Sutherland, Managing Director, Aerospace Leasing Funds / Lourens Geldenhuys, Managing Director, AFS Aero Ltd / Geraint Sampson, MUFG / Gareth Delaney, CTO, Clover Aviation Capital

15:50 | Asia market overview: The financial health of APAC airlines and lessors and the outlook for 2024
Moderator: Jim Morrison, Chief Risk Officer, Avolon
Panel: Katie Chen, Senior Director, Fitch Ratings / Timothy Ross, Head of Investor Relations, BOC Aviation / Richard Finlayson, Managing Director, Head of Asset Finance & Leasing, Asia Pacific & Japan, Deutsche Bank

16:30 | Manufacturer Aircraft supply and Lessor content
Valuations, interest rates, lease rates, supply and demand, escalation fees
Moderator: David Power, Executive Chairman, Aergo Structured Products
Panel: Jean-Pierre Clercin, Head of Commercial APAC, ATR / Mike Yeomans, Director – Valuations and Consulting, IBA Group / Mark Pearman Wright, Head of Leasing and Investor Marketing, Airbus / Adam Young, VP Marketing APAC, Embraer Commercial Aviation / Jim Morrison, Chief Risk Officer, Avolon

17:10 | Air Freight / Cargo Aircraft Market Panel
Conversion / New freighters / P2F / narrowbody freighters Vs narrowbody belly space on existing flights, ACMI & the health of the market
Moderator: Eamonn Forbes, SVP & CCO, Titan Aviation Leasing
Panel: Marc S. larchy, Partner, World Star Aviation / Boon Keng Tan, SVP & Head, Aircraft Leasing, ST Engineering / Christian Mailly, Managing Director, Dr Peters Group

17:50 | Regional Aircraft Specialist Leasing & finance Panel
The growing footprint of regional aircraft leasing specialisation
Panel: Anne-Bart Tieleman, CEO, True Noord / Raul Villaron, Head of APAC, Embraer Commercial Aviation / Speaker TBC, ATR / Will Van Zeventer, SVP Marketing & General Manager Singapore, Falko

18:30 | Chair’s closing remarks
Maria Urtseva, Chief Legal Counsel, Rolls Royce & Partners Finance

19:45 | 11th Airline Economics – Aviation 100 Asia Pacific Awards
Level 1 – Grand Ballroom
Sponsored by:

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Wednesday 6th November 2024 – Day 2

Level 1 – Grand Ballroom

08:00 | Registration Open/Morning Refreshments
Rolling all day breaks in conference foyer

08:50 | Opening of conference day 2
Chairs opening remarks for day 2
Maria Urtseva, Chief Legal Counsel, Rolls Royce & Partners Finance

08:55 | APAC leasing market health – Lease rates and valuations drilldown
Mike Yeomans, Director – Valuations & Consulting, IBA

09:35 | Engine Leasing & Investment Panel
Moderator: David Tokoph, President & CEO, MBA Aviation
Panel: Roger Welaratne, Chief Commercial Officer, SMBC Aero Engine Lease. / Kevin Li, Managing Director, MTU Maintenance Singapore Pte Ltd./ Shih Shiuan Tan, SVP & Head, Engine Leasing, ST Engineering / Richard Hough, President & CEO, Engine Lease Finance Corporation / Bobby Janagan, CEO, Rolls Royce & Partners Finance / Jeff Lewis, CEO, Hanwha Aviation

10:10 | Airline Panel
Moderator: Ethan Tan, Head of Aviation Services, Mishcon
Panel: Riyaz PeerMohamed, Chief Aircraft Acquisition and Financing Officer, IndiGo

10:50 | ABS Panel
Moderator: Eoin O’Leary, Of Counsel, Maples
Panel: John McInerney, Managing Director, PAFS Ireland Ltd / Yezdan Badrakhan, Managing Director, MUFG / TBC, TMF Group

11:30 | Lessor financing panel
Leading lessors are quizzed on their financing strategies
Moderator: Matt Hedigan, Partner, Walkers
Panel: Mounir Kuzbari, Co-CEO, Novus Aviation Capital / Mui Sin Chan, Head of Treasury, BOC Aviation / Paul Wong, Head Aviation Finance & VP/DGM, ST Engineering / Shirley Hsu, Director, Non- Bank Financial Institutions, Fitch Ratings / Mabel Peng, Head of Financing, Clover Aviation Capital

12:10 | Aviation Banking Panel – APAC Focus
Moderator: Richard Williams, Partner, Watson Farley & Williams
Panel: Joeri van de Moosdijk, APAC Lead Aviation, ING Bank / Arnaud Fiscel, Head of Transportation, Corporate Banking Department, Bank of China (UK) / Richard Finlayson, Managing Director, Loans & Structured Credit, Deutsche Bank Sydney / Winfield Wong, CEO, Cathay United Bank / TBC, MUFG / Bertrand Rovetto, MD & Head of Aviation APAC, Crédit Agricole CIB

13:05 | Lunch

14:00 | Widebody Trading, leasing, finance & asset management
Moderator: Matthew Leigh, Partner, Smith Gambrell & Russell
Panel: Hani Kuzbari, Co-CEO, Novus Aviation Capital / Donal O’Neill, MD East Asia & Oceania, Avolon / Antony Snelleman, EVP Region Manager, High Ridge Aviation / Philip Zhang, Deputy General Manager of Aviation Division, BOCOM Leasing / Brian Jeffery, Chief Commercial Officer, STRATOS

14:40 | Korean Aviation Finance Market update
The Junior loan market & Equity market in Korea
James Choi, CEO, KACS | Korea Aero Capital Solutions / H.K. Helen Sohn, Partner, YOON & YANG LLC / MUFG name TBC

15:10 | Aviation Working Group – EU taxonomy, Cape Town Convention, and other Key Industry Issues
Moderator: Jeffrey Wool, secretary general, AWG

15:40 | Trading and Investing in mid-life to late life Aircraft & Engines
Moderator: Ran Ackerman, MK Aviation
Panel: Paul O’Dwyer, Chief Commercial Officer & Executive Director, ORIX Aviation Management / Neha MISHRA, President/CEO-CTO, Aeroconsultant / Marie Ryan, Head of Commercial Insights, Avolon / Marc S. Iarchy, Partner, World Star Aviation / John Duffy, Chief Commercial Officer, SKY Aero Management Limited

16:20 | Lessor & Airlines Ratings Panel

16:50 | ESG & SAF Panel
Moderator: Nick Stafford, Product Development and Digital Transformation Director, IBA
Panel: Hugo Kanters, Global Head Aviation Finance, ING Bank / Michael Halaby, Managing Director, MUFG/ Olivier Menard, Head of Green & Sustainable Hub APAC, Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking / Arnaud Cadilhon, Executive Director, Aircraft Financing, Crédit Agricole CIB

17:50 | Chairs closing remarks
Maria Urtseva, Chief Legal Counsel, Rolls Royce & Partners Finance

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Wednesday 6th November 2024

Future Global Leaders Academy

Jr Ballroom – Level 3

Supported by:

08:55 | Chairman opening remarks

09:00 | TBC

09:40 | TBC
Kate Newman, Tax Director, KPMG

10:20 | Essential Action for Lessors and Lenders on a Default
Watson Farley & Williams

11:00 | Aviation Finance

11:40 | TBC

12:20 | TBC

13:00 | Lunch

14:00 | Aviation SAF / ESG
Candice Low, Associate Director, ESG Ratings, Sustainable Fitch / Aurelia Britsch, Global Head of Climate Research, Sustainable Fitch

14:45 | Risk Management
Fong Chee Wai, Chief Risk Officer, Cathay United Bank (Singapore)

15:25 | TBC
Gareth Lond, Senior Associate, Walkers

16:00 | TBC

16:40 | Airline Credit Risk
Alton Aviation

17:20 | END OF SESSION
Kate Newman, Tax Director, KPMG