New head of aviation at ITE

ITE Management (ITE), an investment firm focused on investing in critical real assets in the transportation and industrial sector, has appointed Steve Mason as the new managing director, head of aviation. Based in New York, Mason will oversee the firm’s aviation team and lead all aviation-related investments for ITE. Mason has 20-plus years of aviation experience in aircraft investing, business operations, portfolio strategy, and asset valuations. Most recently, he served as head of OEM for Avolon where he managed a $14bn diversified aircraft orderbook across aircraft and airframe and engine equipment. Prior to Avolon, Mason was head of asset strategy