25 March 2025
Main Stage

Operator Perspective: Financing Aircraft Deliveries

Basil Gygax
Head of Customer Finance, EMEA,
Embraer
Suha Al Arda
Chief Strategy & Corporate Performance Officer,
Royal Jordanian
Suzanne Glatthaar
Director Aircraft Finance,
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
Moderator
Bill Gibson
Partner,
Vedder Price

Boeing estimate the global passenger and freighter fleet will require nearly 44,000 new commercial airplanes by 2043. How will that get financed?

  • What are airline requirements for financing new aircraft in 2025? What are their preferred options?  
  • Aggressive capital: who is winning ‘mainstream’ SLB deals? What are the margins?
  • Is the role of the JOL & JOLCO market changing? What are the return and term requirements? Is this market going to keep growing? Could airlines utilise French tax leases?
  • Are more airlines coming to market earlier with RFPs to get PDPs? How does that impact lessors that can’t do PDP financing? 
  • Where is the equity coming from for new deliveries? 
Main Stage

Understanding Lessor Strategy in the Next Cycle

Damon Connery
Chief Commercial Officer,
FPG Amentum
Eoin Reddan
SVP Marketing – Europe ,
Avolon
Patrick Mahoney
Head of Aviation Capital Markets,
Castlelake
Cian Coakley
Head of Aircraft & Asset Management Origination,
ORIX Aviation
Moderator
Joe O'Mara
Partner,
KPMG Ireland
  • Where is the cycle actually at now? Is this different for airlines, operating lessors and private funds?
  • Have some SLB deals been too aggressive? What has happened to the aircraft involved? Has the bottom of the market changed?
  • What do aircraft shortages mean for the leasing industry in the long term? How does this affect the midsize and midlife players? 
  • Engine and supply chain issues: How can investors identify opportunity? 
  • Consolidation: How should investors view M&A activity in leasing?
Main Stage

Yield Hunters: Investment Gameshow

Dick Forsberg
Commercial Aircraft Leasing and Strategy Professional,
Independent
Marie Ryan
Head of Commercial Insights,
Avolon
John Grier
Managing Director,
Citi
Moderator
Robert Martin
Independent International Investor,
-

Equiped with the expertise gleaned from today's sessions, this panel of superstar thought-leaders will gaze into the crystal ball to answer a series of questions to try and accumulate the best returns on their hypothetical portfolio...

Main Stage

Allocating Capital: Why Aviation and Where Does It Sit?

Matthew Taylor
Head of Alternative Debt,
Legal & General IM
Richard Barnett
Partner & Head of Distribution,
Castlelake
Moderator
Tim O'Connell
Partner - Aviation,
Grant Thornton Ireland
  • Understanding what allocators of capital are willing to do. Is there a shift from IRR to distributed capital?
  • Who are the LPs in aviation currently? How do they get comfortable? What are the deal length and return expectations? 
  • Where does aviation fit in an alternatives portfolio? How does it compare to other asset classes?  
  • What more can aviation do to overcome internal hurdles for deals, especially for institutional investors? Do investments need to be rated? 
Main Stage

Comparing the Cost of Capital

Anne Mazière
COO, Energy & Real Assets / Aviation & Rail Finance Group,
Crédit Agricole CIB
Corina Sylira
Managing Director - Lessor Origination & Capital Markets,
Itasca
Leslie Kurshan
Managing Director,
AFIC
Gaurav Moolwaney
Managing Director & Regional Head, Transportation Finance,
Standard Chartered Bank
Moderator
Declan Ferguson
Head of Funding,
Aergo Capital
  • Understanding margins around the lending spectrum 
  • Basel IV: What are the timeframes? How will this affect bank's cost of capital? How many banks are already lending with these new capital weighting requirements? 
  • Could this lead to more demand for ANPI from banks?  
  • How do these banking regulations affect the market dynamics for alternative lenders? 
  • Who is absorbing the higher cost of capital? 
The Investor Forum

The New Model of Investing?

Jared Keating
Partner,
Kite LLC
Greg Chianetta
Managing Director, Alternative Asset Advisory,
Kroll
Moderator
Emily Wilson
Director,
AB CarVal

This closed-door Forum is a chance to network with established investors in aviation and hear how they got comfortable with the asset class. You must be registered to access this portion of the event.

  • Is there a fundamental shift in how GPs are funding transportation?  
  • Do the midsize players still have a place? How can they stay competitive against platforms with a fully diversified funding capability?  
  • What does the next 10 years look like?
  • How can LP investors get more exposed to the hard asset?
  • Could innovating away from Single Strategy Funds help open the door to new pools of capital?
Main Stage

Private Credit & Aviation: How Investors Are Engaging With Banks & Alt. Lenders

Richard Moody
Managing Director & Global Head,
HCOB Aviation Capital
Yann Sonnallier
Global Head of Aviation Finance & Advisory,
Société Générale CIB
Sneha Kedia
Director | Transportation - Structured Finance Group,
Deutsche Bank
Moderator
Matthew Dolan
Tax Partner,
Deloitte
  • European based debt funds buying the debts from banks. Can it be differentiated? Complimentary?
  • What is the potential size of the aircraft financing market over the next 10 years? How will it grow? Does it go more debt? Will airlines put more onto the balance sheets? How many more ABS issuances are likely in 2025?
  • Takeout: Is there an opportunity to develop a European Capital Markets? What’s the European lenders’ view? How could that differentiate from the US capital markets? How does Europe fit in? 
The Investor Forum

Investment Case Study: Regional Jets

Justin Staadecker
Managing Director,
HPS Partners
Ashay Sodha
Executive Director, Global Banking & Markets,
Goldman Sachs
Mark Hughes
Chief Commercial Officer,
Falko

This closed-door Forum is a chance to network with established investors in aviation and hear how they got comfortable with the asset class. You must be registered to access this portion of the event.

  • Tracking consolidation of regional aircraft leasing platforms.  
  • What investors are backing the space? 
  • Should non-PE investors look at lessors beyond narrowbody & widebody focused platforms?  
  • Could a lessor duo/triopoly develop in the regional space? Is now a good time to sell if you’re an equity owner in aircraft?  
Main Stage
Main Stage

Presentation | Hunting Returns: How Is Aviation Performing Relative to Other Asset Classes?

Paul Wilson
Partner,
Finkr Ventures

  • What are the alternatives to aviation for investors today?
  • What are the returns, sizes and terms available?
  • How should investors think about the risk of the different types?

Main Stage

ABS Investor Perspective

Orlando Gemes
Founding Partner & Chief Investment Officer,
Fourier Asset Management
John Caslin
Director of Investment Management and Innovation,
Carne Group
Greg Chianetta
Managing Director, Alternative Asset Advisory,
Kroll
Moderator
Robert Cassidy
Senior Manager,
PAFS Ireland
  • What do they want to see from the ABS product? Has the ABS market been exhausted for equity? 
  • What else do they need to make better investment decisions?  
  • Are values handled in the best way? 
  • How do they feel about the services available to you? Do reports lose credibility given the motivation of analysts? Do some advisors have too much skin in the game?
  • What else do current ABS investors need to go deeper into aviation?
Main Stage

View from the Tarmac: How are Fleet Managers Getting Capacity?

Jordi Boto
CEO,
EFW
Sylvain Gloux
Fleet Director,
Loganair
Rui Vaz Fernandes
Head of Group Fleet Management,
TUI Group
Edwin Fusco
Vice President Marketing EMEA,
SKY leasing
Moderator
Bobby Janagan
CEO,
Rolls Royce & Partners Finance
  • With aircraft supply issues still persisting how are fleet managers keeping their carriers flying? 
  • What are the pressures they face? How can the industry help them overcome these challenges?
Main Stage

☕ Afternoon Networking Break ☕

Grab some afternoon refreshments and get stuck into some networking.

Aviation Lending Network

Turning Up The Volume: Measuring Aviation Finance Deal Flow

Leslie Kurshan
Managing Director,
AFIC

This preregistered Forum is chance for financiers and investors to connect and debate the key issues in debt and lending today. To kick things off, there will be a panel discussion on bifurcation in the debt market.

  • What deals are banks working on? How is the secondary market? What are the syndication and equity opportunities?
  • Are borrowers moving away from traditional bank debt? Are banks competing more with the capital markets?
  • How do ‘alternative lending’ platform backers view private credit vs other instruments to deploy capital?
  • Debt fund investors: what boxes do lenders need to tick?

Aviation Lending Network

Roundtable Networking

In this portion of the Aviation Lending Network, attendees can turn to each other to share ideas around the following:

  • Roundtable discussion: Can banks do more to win deals over the capital markets?
  • Not so alternative? What really distinguishes lenders in the market today?

Main Stage

Tarrifs & Turmoil: Key Geopolitical Risks for 2025

David Goodger
Managing Director,
Oxford Economics
Claire Walsh
SVP and Head of Operations,
SkyWorks
  • Deglobalisation? How could the Trump administration's policies affect trade and aviation manufacturing?
  • What are the key risks that could affect air travel and commercial aviation in 2025?
Main Stage

Cliff Edge or Soft Landing? Debating 2030 Residual Values

Olga Razzhivina
Senior ISTAT Certified Appraiser,
Oriel
Máximo Gainza
VP Market Strategy,
AerFin
Moderator
Paul O'Driscoll
Head of Advisory, Americas/ISTAT Certified Appraiser,
Ishka

This panel of experts will discuss how the current supply/demand imbalance of aircraft and engines will affect residual values when supply normalises towards the end of the decade. Could sustainability concerns also affect residual values?

Close of Conference & Networking Drinks

Enjoy a drink and reflect on the discussions of the day as well as get registered for Ishka Financing Sustianable Aviation on March 26.

Find the full website for that here. 

Main Stage

Operator Perspective: Financing Aircraft Deliveries

Basil Gygax
Head of Customer Finance, EMEA,
Embraer
Suha Al Arda
Chief Strategy & Corporate Performance Officer,
Royal Jordanian
Suzanne Glatthaar
Director Aircraft Finance,
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
Moderator
Bill Gibson
Partner,
Vedder Price

Boeing estimate the global passenger and freighter fleet will require nearly 44,000 new commercial airplanes by 2043. How will that get financed?

  • What are airline requirements for financing new aircraft in 2025? What are their preferred options?  
  • Aggressive capital: who is winning ‘mainstream’ SLB deals? What are the margins?
  • Is the role of the JOL & JOLCO market changing? What are the return and term requirements? Is this market going to keep growing? Could airlines utilise French tax leases?
  • Are more airlines coming to market earlier with RFPs to get PDPs? How does that impact lessors that can’t do PDP financing? 
  • Where is the equity coming from for new deliveries? 
Main Stage

Understanding Lessor Strategy in the Next Cycle

Damon Connery
Chief Commercial Officer,
FPG Amentum
Eoin Reddan
SVP Marketing – Europe ,
Avolon
Patrick Mahoney
Head of Aviation Capital Markets,
Castlelake
Cian Coakley
Head of Aircraft & Asset Management Origination,
ORIX Aviation
Moderator
Joe O'Mara
Partner,
KPMG Ireland
  • Where is the cycle actually at now? Is this different for airlines, operating lessors and private funds?
  • Have some SLB deals been too aggressive? What has happened to the aircraft involved? Has the bottom of the market changed?
  • What do aircraft shortages mean for the leasing industry in the long term? How does this affect the midsize and midlife players? 
  • Engine and supply chain issues: How can investors identify opportunity? 
  • Consolidation: How should investors view M&A activity in leasing?
Main Stage

Yield Hunters: Investment Gameshow

Dick Forsberg
Commercial Aircraft Leasing and Strategy Professional,
Independent
Marie Ryan
Head of Commercial Insights,
Avolon
John Grier
Managing Director,
Citi
Moderator
Robert Martin
Independent International Investor,
-

Equiped with the expertise gleaned from today's sessions, this panel of superstar thought-leaders will gaze into the crystal ball to answer a series of questions to try and accumulate the best returns on their hypothetical portfolio...

Main Stage

Allocating Capital: Why Aviation and Where Does It Sit?

Matthew Taylor
Head of Alternative Debt,
Legal & General IM
Richard Barnett
Partner & Head of Distribution,
Castlelake
Moderator
Tim O'Connell
Partner - Aviation,
Grant Thornton Ireland
  • Understanding what allocators of capital are willing to do. Is there a shift from IRR to distributed capital?
  • Who are the LPs in aviation currently? How do they get comfortable? What are the deal length and return expectations? 
  • Where does aviation fit in an alternatives portfolio? How does it compare to other asset classes?  
  • What more can aviation do to overcome internal hurdles for deals, especially for institutional investors? Do investments need to be rated? 
Main Stage

Comparing the Cost of Capital

Anne Mazière
COO, Energy & Real Assets / Aviation & Rail Finance Group,
Crédit Agricole CIB
Corina Sylira
Managing Director - Lessor Origination & Capital Markets,
Itasca
Leslie Kurshan
Managing Director,
AFIC
Gaurav Moolwaney
Managing Director & Regional Head, Transportation Finance,
Standard Chartered Bank
Moderator
Declan Ferguson
Head of Funding,
Aergo Capital
  • Understanding margins around the lending spectrum 
  • Basel IV: What are the timeframes? How will this affect bank's cost of capital? How many banks are already lending with these new capital weighting requirements? 
  • Could this lead to more demand for ANPI from banks?  
  • How do these banking regulations affect the market dynamics for alternative lenders? 
  • Who is absorbing the higher cost of capital? 
The Investor Forum

The New Model of Investing?

Jared Keating
Partner,
Kite LLC
Greg Chianetta
Managing Director, Alternative Asset Advisory,
Kroll
Moderator
Emily Wilson
Director,
AB CarVal

This closed-door Forum is a chance to network with established investors in aviation and hear how they got comfortable with the asset class. You must be registered to access this portion of the event.

  • Is there a fundamental shift in how GPs are funding transportation?  
  • Do the midsize players still have a place? How can they stay competitive against platforms with a fully diversified funding capability?  
  • What does the next 10 years look like?
  • How can LP investors get more exposed to the hard asset?
  • Could innovating away from Single Strategy Funds help open the door to new pools of capital?
Main Stage

Private Credit & Aviation: How Investors Are Engaging With Banks & Alt. Lenders

Richard Moody
Managing Director & Global Head,
HCOB Aviation Capital
Yann Sonnallier
Global Head of Aviation Finance & Advisory,
Société Générale CIB
Sneha Kedia
Director | Transportation - Structured Finance Group,
Deutsche Bank
Moderator
Matthew Dolan
Tax Partner,
Deloitte
  • European based debt funds buying the debts from banks. Can it be differentiated? Complimentary?
  • What is the potential size of the aircraft financing market over the next 10 years? How will it grow? Does it go more debt? Will airlines put more onto the balance sheets? How many more ABS issuances are likely in 2025?
  • Takeout: Is there an opportunity to develop a European Capital Markets? What’s the European lenders’ view? How could that differentiate from the US capital markets? How does Europe fit in? 
The Investor Forum

Investment Case Study: Regional Jets

Justin Staadecker
Managing Director,
HPS Partners
Ashay Sodha
Executive Director, Global Banking & Markets,
Goldman Sachs
Mark Hughes
Chief Commercial Officer,
Falko

This closed-door Forum is a chance to network with established investors in aviation and hear how they got comfortable with the asset class. You must be registered to access this portion of the event.

  • Tracking consolidation of regional aircraft leasing platforms.  
  • What investors are backing the space? 
  • Should non-PE investors look at lessors beyond narrowbody & widebody focused platforms?  
  • Could a lessor duo/triopoly develop in the regional space? Is now a good time to sell if you’re an equity owner in aircraft?  
Main Stage
Main Stage

Presentation | Hunting Returns: How Is Aviation Performing Relative to Other Asset Classes?

Paul Wilson
Partner,
Finkr Ventures

  • What are the alternatives to aviation for investors today?
  • What are the returns, sizes and terms available?
  • How should investors think about the risk of the different types?

Main Stage

ABS Investor Perspective

Orlando Gemes
Founding Partner & Chief Investment Officer,
Fourier Asset Management
John Caslin
Director of Investment Management and Innovation,
Carne Group
Greg Chianetta
Managing Director, Alternative Asset Advisory,
Kroll
Moderator
Robert Cassidy
Senior Manager,
PAFS Ireland
  • What do they want to see from the ABS product? Has the ABS market been exhausted for equity? 
  • What else do they need to make better investment decisions?  
  • Are values handled in the best way? 
  • How do they feel about the services available to you? Do reports lose credibility given the motivation of analysts? Do some advisors have too much skin in the game?
  • What else do current ABS investors need to go deeper into aviation?
Main Stage

View from the Tarmac: How are Fleet Managers Getting Capacity?

Jordi Boto
CEO,
EFW
Sylvain Gloux
Fleet Director,
Loganair
Rui Vaz Fernandes
Head of Group Fleet Management,
TUI Group
Edwin Fusco
Vice President Marketing EMEA,
SKY leasing
Moderator
Bobby Janagan
CEO,
Rolls Royce & Partners Finance
  • With aircraft supply issues still persisting how are fleet managers keeping their carriers flying? 
  • What are the pressures they face? How can the industry help them overcome these challenges?
Main Stage

☕ Afternoon Networking Break ☕

Grab some afternoon refreshments and get stuck into some networking.

Aviation Lending Network

Turning Up The Volume: Measuring Aviation Finance Deal Flow

Leslie Kurshan
Managing Director,
AFIC

This preregistered Forum is chance for financiers and investors to connect and debate the key issues in debt and lending today. To kick things off, there will be a panel discussion on bifurcation in the debt market.

  • What deals are banks working on? How is the secondary market? What are the syndication and equity opportunities?
  • Are borrowers moving away from traditional bank debt? Are banks competing more with the capital markets?
  • How do ‘alternative lending’ platform backers view private credit vs other instruments to deploy capital?
  • Debt fund investors: what boxes do lenders need to tick?

Aviation Lending Network

Roundtable Networking

In this portion of the Aviation Lending Network, attendees can turn to each other to share ideas around the following:

  • Roundtable discussion: Can banks do more to win deals over the capital markets?
  • Not so alternative? What really distinguishes lenders in the market today?

Main Stage

Tarrifs & Turmoil: Key Geopolitical Risks for 2025

David Goodger
Managing Director,
Oxford Economics
Claire Walsh
SVP and Head of Operations,
SkyWorks
  • Deglobalisation? How could the Trump administration's policies affect trade and aviation manufacturing?
  • What are the key risks that could affect air travel and commercial aviation in 2025?
Main Stage

Cliff Edge or Soft Landing? Debating 2030 Residual Values

Olga Razzhivina
Senior ISTAT Certified Appraiser,
Oriel
Máximo Gainza
VP Market Strategy,
AerFin
Moderator
Paul O'Driscoll
Head of Advisory, Americas/ISTAT Certified Appraiser,
Ishka

This panel of experts will discuss how the current supply/demand imbalance of aircraft and engines will affect residual values when supply normalises towards the end of the decade. Could sustainability concerns also affect residual values?

Close of Conference & Networking Drinks

Enjoy a drink and reflect on the discussions of the day as well as get registered for Ishka Financing Sustianable Aviation on March 26.

Find the full website for that here.