6 April 2020:With over 25 years of experience in the aviation and financial services industry, Gareth Halpin is appointed as the Chief Funding Officer of Nordic Aviation Capital.
His previous experience includes working with Avolon as Group Treasurer and Head of Capital Markets. He led the Capital Markets and Treasury teams and was responsible for raising more than USD25 billion in debt in a variety of banking and public markets globally, including more than USD10 billion of acquisition finance for the CIT acquisition.
Prior to Avolon, he has also served several senior executive roles in the financial services and aircraft leasing sector, as Deputy Head / Senior Manager of the Debt Restructuring division in IBRC bank and as Director of Marketing and Risk Management in Pembroke Group (now Standard Chartered Aviation Finance). He started his career with KPMG in the financial services sector.
Soren M. Overgaard, CEO of Nordic Aviation Capital said, "We are very happy with the additions to our C Suite at a time where the aviation industry is facing unprecedented uncertainty. Gareth has extensive industry and leadership experience with a very impressive professional record."
Gareth will be reporting to the company CEO, Soren M. Overgaard and will be based out of NAC's newly opened Headquarters in Limerick.