The annual “Airline Economics: Growth Frontiers Dublin” conference taking place in the Mansion House this week will last for three days, focusing on key topics in the commercial aviation sector.
The event will gather aviation professionals globally to discuss developments in finance and leasing of aviation assets.
Speakers from the leasing industry include Andy Cronin, CEO of Avolon, Peter Barrett, CEO of SMBC Aviation Capital, John Plueger, CEO & President, Air Lease Corporation and Steven Udvar-Házy, Executive Chairman, Air Lease Corporation
Keynot speakers from aviation include Martin Gauss, CEO of Air Baltic, Anko Van Der Werff, CEO of SAS and József Váradi, CEO of Wizz Air.
Here is the list of speakers over the three days:
- Ran Ackerman, Senior Vice President, Head of Asia and EMEA, MK Aviation
- Steve Ades, Chief Strategy Officer, AerFin
- Boris Alishayev, Senior Director, KBRA
- David Archer, Director Valuations, mba Aviation
- Yezdan Badrakhan, Managing Director, MUFG
- Thomas Baker, CEO & President, Aviation Capital Group
- Peter Barrett, CEO, SMBC Aviation Capital
- Duncan Batchelor, Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright LLP
- Ron Baur, President, Azorra
- Helane Becker, Managing Director, TD Cowen
- John Beekman, Chief Financial Officer, Griffin Global Asset Management
- Jim Bell, Global Aviation and Aerospace Sector Head, Watson Farley & Williams
- Ali Ben Lmandani, CEO, ABL Aviation
- David Berkery, Partner, Vinson & Elkins LLP
- Patrick Biebel, Managing Director, MTU Maintenance Lease Services B.V.
- Bill Blake, CEO, Cloudcards Aviation Software
- Inna Bodeck, Vice President – Senior Analyst, Moody’s Ratings
- Paul Briggs, Consultant, Bird & Bird
- Chris Broad, Senior Vice President – Airline Analysis, Airline Economics+
- Tristan Brouard, Senior Manager, Asset Management, ACC Aviation
- Vincent Caufourier, Head of Aviation Advisory & Sustainability, Societe Generale
- Pat Cauthery, Head of Aerospace & Defence, UK Export Finance (UKEF)
- Roy Chandran, CFO, Aircastle
- Francois Collet, Head of Trading & Asset Management, Airbus
- Terence Conveney, Partner, KPMG
- Sinead Cormican, Head of Leasing, Airbus
- Anne Correa, SVP Forecasting & Modeling, mba Aviation
- Dan Coulcher, SVP & Chief Commercial Officer EMEA, Willis Lease Finance Corporation
- Michael Cox, Vice Chairman, Seabury Aviation Partners
- Neil Coyle, Regional Marketing Director, Boeing
- Tom Crabtree, Managing Director, Transport Research Advisory
- Gary Crichlow, SVP – Appraisals, Airline Economics +
- Andy Cronin, CEO, Avolon
- Seb Cross, Co-Founder & Chief Innovation Officer, BeZero Carbon
- Amanda Darling, Partner, K&L Gates LLP
- Dave Davis, President & CFO, Sun Country Airlines
- Capucine De Forton, Deputy Head, BpiFrance
- Gueric Dechavanne, Vice President, Collateral Verifications, LLC
- Gareth Delany, Executive Director, Chief Technical Officer, Clover Aviation Capital
- Laurent Delvart, Deputy Global Head of Aviation and Head of EMEA, Crédit Agricole CIB
- Kelly DiBlasi, Partner, Weil, Gotshal and Manges
- Julie Dickerson, CEO, Shannon Engine Support – SES
- Stella Dimaraki, Deputy CFO, Aegean Airlines
- George Dimitroff, Head of Valuations, CIRIUM ascend Consultancy
- Michael Dodge, Senior Director, Financial Institutions, KBRA
- Jonathan Dufeu, Credit Specialties – Global Balthazar Finance Leader, Co-Head Political Risks & Structured Credit, Marsh Specialty
- Mark Dunnachie, SVP Commercial, ACIA Aero Leasing
- Julian Dunphy, Head of Structured Finance, MAPLES
- Jerome Duval, Director, Citi
- Giyora Eiger, VP -Senior Credit Officer – U.S. Corporate ABS New Ratings, Moody’s Ratings
- Romain Ekoto, Chief Aviation and Air Transport Officer, African Development Bank
- Debra Erni, Partner, Holland & Knight
- John Evans, CEO & founder, Azorra
- Drew Fine, Partner, Milbank
- David Fiore, Vice President, Transportation Division, Export-Import Bank of the United States
- Arnaud Fiscel, Head of Transportation, Corporate Banking Department, Bank of China
- Gary Fitzgerald, CEO, Stratos
- Laurent Floquet, Head of Aviation Finance Europe, Middle East & Asia Global Advisory, Societe Generale
- Eamonn Forbes, CCO, Titan Aviation Leasing
- Carol Forsyte, Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer, Air Lease Corporation
- Thomas Fowler, Head of Sustainability and Finance, Ryanair
- Caitlín Friel, Of Counsel, Walkers
- Spike Fulford, VP, Aviation Finance, MUFG
- Serge Gabovich, Managing Director, Mizuho Americas
- Pooja Gardemal, Managing Director, BK Associates
- Martin Gauss, President and CEO, Air Baltic
- Yves Germeaux, Head of Corporate Finance and Aviation Finance, ATOZ
- James Gleeson, Audit Principle, KPMG
- Simon Goodson, CEO, AerFin
- Gordon Grant, VP, Head of ESG, Aviation Capital Group
- Karl Griffin, CEO, Genesis
- Richard Hakes, Partner, Reed Smith
- Michael Halaby, Managing Director – Head of Aviation Advisory, MUFG
- Zach Hall, Vice President of Business Development, AvAir
- Andrew Harper, Partner, Reed Smith
- Masafumi Hayashi, Deputy GM of Aviation Product Solutions Dept, Sumitomo Mitsui Finance & Leasing
- Richard Hough, President & CEO, Engine Lease Finance Corporation
- David Houlihan, President, DAE Capital, Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) Ltd
- Zuzana Hrnkova, VP Marketing, ATR
- Guillaume Huertas, Head of Region, EMEA, ATR
- Mark Hughes, Chief Commercial Officer, Falko Regional Aircraft
- Darren Hulst, Vice President, Commercial Marketing, Boeing
- Sarah Humpleby, Partner, Walkers
- Ansar Hussain, VP Corporate Finance & Group Treasurer, Virgin Atlantic
- Mike Inglese, CEO, Aircastle
- Meza Irani, Vice President – Aviation Advisory, MUFG
- Robert J. Kokonis, President & Managing Director, AirTrav Inc
- Bobby Janagan, CEO, Rolls-Royce & Partners Finance
- Niels Jensen, Partner, Vinson & Elkins LLP
- Vijay Jethwa, Executive Director, Mizuho
- Owain Jones, EVP and Group Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, Wizz Air
- Tom Joyce, MD, Capital Markets Strategist, MUFG
- Johann Juan, Senior Director, Fitch Ratings
- Sinan Kahya, Chief Financial Officer, Dubai Aerospace Enterprise
- Patrick Käufer, Managing Director, Global Head of Aviation Investment Banking, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
- James Kelly, Partner, KPMG
- Youngha Kim, Executive Director, Global Head of ECA Aviation Finance, J.P. Morgan
- Chris Knight, Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
- Michael Koish, Chief Investment Officer, Challenge Airlines
- Thomas Kolberg, Unit Head Aerospace, Euler Hermes
- Matvey Koloturskiy, Deputy CEO, Vector Group
- Robert Korn, President, Carlyle Aviation Partners
- Igor Koyfman, Director, S&P Global
- Manuela Krach, Partner, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
- Rafael Kuhn, Managing Director, Deutsche Bank
- Gerry Laderman, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, United Airlines
- Gabriella Lapidus, CCO, Amedeo
- Jeff Lewis, CEO, Hanwha Aviation
- Norm Liu, President & CEO, Nordic Aviation Capital
- Lisa Lyons, Head of Trading and Investor Marketing, DAE Capital
- Thor Maalouf, Partner, Reed Smith
- Maciej Maciejewicz, Head of Powerplant, Polskie Linie Lotnicze LOT S.A.
- Christian Mailly, Managing Director, Dr Peters Group
- Gus Majed, Group CEO and Founder, Paratus
- Olivia Matsushita, Partner, Pillsbury
- Deion McCarthy, VP, Fixed Income Investor Relations and Sustainability, Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) Ltd
- Maria McElhinney, Partner, Aviation & Transport Finance, A&L Goodbody
- John Mcinerney, Managing Director, PAFS Ireland Ltd
- Ryan McKenna, CEO, Griffin Global Asset Management
- John Meakin, Managing Director, Global Head of Export & Agency Finance, J.P. Morgan
- Clemens Metz, Managing Director, Corporate Finance & Treasury, American Airlines
- James Meyler, CEO, ORIX Aviation
- Tasos Michael, CEO, Inception Aviation & Executive Chairman, Cyprus Airways
- Neha Mishra, President/CEO-CTO, Aeroconsultant
- Meghan Montana, Senior Vice President, Treasurer, American Airlines
- Richard Moody, Managing Director and Head, HCOB Global Aviation
- Patrick Moore, Partner, Watson Farley & Williams
- Bob Morin, Managing Director, Transaction and Business Development Leader, AFIC (Aircraft Finance Insurance Consortium)
- Rob Morris, Global Head of Consultancy, Cirium Ascend Consultancy
- Jim Morrison, Chief Risk Officer, Avolon
- Jennifer Moulton, Global Head of Sales, DAE Capital
- Yasuhiro Nakauchi, Senior Director, JP Lease Products & Services
- Robert Neal, SVP – Corporate Finance, Treasurer, Allegiant Air
- Kieran O’Brien, Partner, KPMG
- Edward O’Bryne, CEO, AvilLease
- Paul O’Dwyer, Chief Commercial Officer & Executive Director, ORIX Aviation
- Joe O’Mara, Partner & Head of Aviation Finance, KPMG
- Eugene O’Reilly, Chief Operating Officer, Aergo Capital
- Kalash Pandey, Managing Director- Global Head of Transportation Finance, Goldman Sachs
- Riyaz PeerMohamed, Chief Aircraft Acquisition and Financing Officer, IndiGo
- David Petu, Senior Vice President, Morningstar DBRS
- Camille Plattard, Head of Unit, Bpifrance Assurance Export
- John Plueger, CEO & President, Air Lease Corporation
- David Power, Special Advisor to the Board, Aergo Structured Products
- Ken Quinn, Partner, Clyde & Co
- Olga Razzhivina, Director, Oriel
- Marjan Riggi, Managing Partner, Stage Wing Inc.
- Joe Rohlena, Senior Director, Fitch Ratings
- Adelfio Ronci, Director, Environmental Products, ICE
- André Rüttimann, Manager – Aircraft Financing – Export Credit Department, Brazilian Development Bank
- Marie Ryan, Head of Commercial Insights, Avolon
- Marc S.Iarchy, Partner, World Star Aviation
- Joe Samples, Director Aviation Services, Pivotal Corporate
- Christian Schloemann, Managing Director, GOAL German Operating Aircraft Leasing GmbH & Co. KG
- Joseph Shanahan, Managing Director, Citi
- Umid Sharipov, Managing Director, ABL Corporation Japan
- Robert Sheldon, Managing Director, Asset Backed Financing, Deutsche Bank
- Rodrigo Silva E Souza, Vice President Global Marketing, Embraer
- Jeff Silverman, Head of Aviation Finance and Opportunistic Private Credit, Natalliance
- Matthew Simonetti, Managing Director, Citigroup
- Betsy Snyder, Independent Senior Adviser
- Vinodh Srinivasan, Managing Director, Mizuho Americas
- Dan Stone, Executive Vice President, AIS, Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) Ltd
- Maxim Straus, Executive Vice President & CFO, Cargolux
- Firoz Tarapore, Chief Executive Officer, DAE
- Bree Taylor, Partner, Alius Law
- Anne-Bart Tieleman, CEO, TrueNoord
- Olivier Trauchessec, Head of Global Aviation, MUFG
- Peter Trombetta, Vice President, Senior Analyst, Moody’s Ratings
- Steven Udvar-Házy, Executive Chairman, Air Lease Corporation
- Anko Van Der Werff, CEO & President, SAS
- József Váradi, CEO, Wizz Air
- Oktay Veliev, Senior Vice President/Manager, Structured Finance Group, Moody’s
- Alexis Vidal, SVP Commercial, ATR
- Charles Viggers, Partner, Watson Farley & Williams LLP
- Andrew Waddington, Managing Director, Mizuho Americas
- Mark Wasden, Senior Vice President, Moody’s Ratings
- Rob Watts, Director of Consulting, ACC Aviation
- Roger Welaratne, Managing Director & CEO, SMBC Aero Engine Lease
- Fergal Whelan-Porter, CEO, Aeolus Engine Services
- Maciej Wilk, CEO, Flair Airlines
- Greg Willis, Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, Air Lease Corporation
- Jeffrey Wool, Secretary General, Aviation Working Group
- Mike Yeomans, Head of Valuations, IBA
- Zohar Zik, Partner, HFW
