Suzanne Glatthaar is the Director of Aircraft Finance at KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, where she oversees the airline’s aircraft finance lease portfolio including financing strategies, portfolio management, asset acquisitions, capital sourcing and lease negotiations. With a career that spans multiple continents and a robust foundation in both law and finance, Suzanne began her professional journey as a lawyer from South Africa, specialising in structured finance and corporate finance. She later transitioned into the aviation industry and then capital markets, where she gained hands on experience in aircraft leasing, aircraft financing, portfolio management and investment financing. Her expertise were refined during her tenure as a legal and contracts counsel at Qatar Airways in Doha, where she, in particular, worked on leasing transactions and structuring. She then expanded her financial acumen by working in capital markets at Intertrust in Amsterdam, deepening her insights into risk management, hedging and asset management.