Growth Frontiers Americas – New York

15-16 October 2025 | 3 West Club, New York, USA

Schedule

Schedule for 15 October 2025

08:55 | Chair’s Opening remarks

Venue: 3 West Club, New York, USA

Speakers:

Claire Waters

Claire Waters
Director | KPMG Read more

09:00 | Airline rating panel

Venue: 3 West Club, New York, USA

Speakers:

Betsy  Snyder

Betsy Snyder
Independent Senior Adviser | Read more

Boris Alishayev

Boris Alishayev
Senior Director | KBRA Read more

Joe Rohlena

Joe Rohlena
Senior Director | Fitch Ratings Read more

James (Jimmy) Shi

James (Jimmy) Shi
Senior Director | Egan-Jones Ratings Read more

Peter Trombetta

Peter Trombetta
Vice President, Senior Analyst | Moody’s Ratings Read more

09:40 | Engine Leasing & Asset Management Panel

Venue: 3 West Club, New York, USA

Speakers:

Ran Ackerman

Ran Ackerman
Senior Vice President, Head of Asia and EMEA | MK Aviation Read more

Marc S.Iarchy

Marc S.Iarchy
Partner | World Star Aviation Read more

Eduardo Fuchs

Eduardo Fuchs
VP Sales & Marketing – Latin America | elfc Read more

Ben Pughe-Morgan

Ben Pughe-Morgan
Chief Investment Officer | Hanwha Aviation Read more

Eduardo Arrufat

Eduardo Arrufat
VP Marketing Americas | Rolls Royce & Partners Finance Read more

10:25 | Risk Management Approaches to Hedging in Volatile Markets

Venue: 3 West Club, New York, USA

Speakers:

Robert J. Kokonis

Robert J. Kokonis
President & Managing Director | AirTrav Inc Read more

11:05 | Leasing & Asset Management Panel

Venue: 3 West Club, New York, USA

Speakers:

James Bradley

James Bradley
Partner | Morgan Lewis Read more

Cian McGinley

Cian McGinley
Executive Vice President Commercial | Aergo Capital Read more

Diederik Lindhout

Diederik Lindhout
Chief Operating Officer & Founding Partner | Arena Aviation Capital Read more

Steven Graham

Steven Graham
Head of Americas and OEM | Avolon Read more

11:50 | Commercial Aviation Finance - Industry Review

Venue: 3 West Club, New York, USA

Speakers:

Justin Patrick

Justin Patrick
SVP Finance | Airline Economics+ Read more

12:20 | AWG activities – Update on key aviation finance and leasing issues

Venue: 3 West Club, New York, USA

Speakers:

Jeffrey Wool

Jeffrey Wool
Secretary General | Aviation Working Group Read more

Carol Forsyte

Carol Forsyte
Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer | Air Lease Corporation Read more

Francois Collet

Francois Collet
Head of Trading & Asset Management | Airbus Read more

Jim Bell

Jim Bell
Partner and Global Aviation and Aerospace Sector Head | Watson Farley & Williams Read more

Vasgen Edwards

Vasgen Edwards
Managing Director - Capital Markets and Outreach | Boeing Read more

13:00 | Lunch

Venue: 3 West Club, New York, USA

14:00 | Alternative Investors & Lenders Panel

Venue: 3 West Club, New York, USA

Speakers:

Drew Fine

Drew Fine
Partner | Milbank Read more

Pooja Gardemal

Pooja Gardemal
Managing Director | BK Associates Read more

Marc Cho

Marc Cho
Co-Head, Managing Director | HALO AirFinance Read more

Axel Hammar

Axel Hammar
Chief Investment Officer | AV AirFinance Read more

Dave Brown

Dave Brown
Managing Director | Oaktree Capital Read more

14:40 | Leasing & Trading Update - Americas

Venue: 3 West Club, New York, USA

Speakers:

Gary Crichlow

Gary Crichlow
SVP - Appraisals | Airline Economics + Read more

15:20 | Capital Markets Panel

Venue: 3 West Club, New York, USA

Speakers:

Anthony Philp

Anthony Philp
Partner | Maples Read more

Neil Mulvihill

Neil Mulvihill
SVP Capital Markets & Trading | Avolon Read more

Marjan Riggi

Marjan Riggi
Managing Partner | Stage Wing Inc. Read more

Kalash Pandey

Kalash Pandey
Managing Director- Global Head of Transportation Finance | Goldman Sachs Read more

Deion McCarthy

Deion McCarthy
VP, Fixed Income Investor Relations and Sustainability | Dubai Aerospace Enterprise Ltd Read more

Jerome Duval

Jerome Duval
Director | Citi Read more

16:00 | Current trends in Aviation Finance & Supported Finance

Venue: 3 West Club, New York, USA

Speakers:

Sarah Humpleby

Sarah Humpleby
Partner | Walkers Read more

Bob Morin

Bob Morin
Managing Director, Transaction and Business Development Leader | AFIC (Aircraft Finance Insurance Consortium) Read more

Lívia dos Reis José

Lívia dos Reis José
Deputy Managing Director - Export Credit Division | Brazilian Development Bank Read more

16:40 | Developments in Asia and the impact on the US market

Venue: 3 West Club, New York, USA

Speakers:

James Bradley

James Bradley
Partner | Morgan Lewis Read more

17:00 | Manufacturer Panel

Venue: 3 West Club, New York, USA

Speakers:

Drew Fine

Drew Fine
Partner | Milbank Read more

Richard Owen Walker

Richard Owen Walker
Head of Leasing & Investor Marketing, | Airbus Read more

Chris Jones

Chris Jones
Head of Americas | ATR Read more

Daniel Galhardo Gomes

Daniel Galhardo Gomes
Strategic Marketing Director | Embraer Read more

Mike Warner

Mike Warner
Managing Director, Customer Finance | Boeing Read more

17:50 | Chair’s closing remarks

Venue: 3 West Club, New York, USA

Speakers:

Claire Waters

Claire Waters
Director | KPMG Read more

18:00 | Pre-awards Drinks

Venue: 3 West Club, New York, USA

19:30 | Aviation 100 Americas Awards

Venue: 3 West Club, New York, USA

Schedule for 16 October 2025

08:55 | Chairs opening remarks

Venue: 3 West Club, New York, USA

Speakers:

Ronan Murphy

Ronan Murphy
Director | Alton Aviation Consultancy Read more

09:25 | Lessor Finance Panel

Venue: 3 West Club, New York, USA

Speakers:

Ali Ben Lmandani

Ali Ben Lmandani
CEO | ABL Aviation Read more

John Beekman

John Beekman
Chief Financial Officer | Griffin Global Asset Management Read more

Philip Jackmauh

Philip Jackmauh
Partner | Watson, Farley & Williams Read more

Roy Chandran

Roy Chandran
CFO | Aircastle Read more

10:10 | Fireside Chat

Venue: 3 West Club, New York, USA

Speakers:

Henri Courpron

Henri Courpron
Vice Chairman | Seabury Aviation Partners Read more

Tom O’Leary

Tom O’Leary
CEO | JetZero Read more

10:45 | Finance & Investment - Hot topics & Challenges

Venue: 3 West Club, New York, USA

Speakers:

Ben Millard

Ben Millard
CFA, Executive Director - Transportation Department, Americas | SMBC Read more

Jeff Silverman

Jeff Silverman
Head of Aviation Finance and Opportunistic Private Credit | Natalliance Read more

Jim Morrison

Jim Morrison
Chief Risk Officer | Avolon Read more

Killian McSharry

Killian McSharry
Partner | Walkers Read more

Mark Streeter

Mark Streeter
Managing Director | J.P. Morgan Read more

11:30 | Fireside Chat

Venue: 3 West Club, New York, USA

Speakers:

Jeff Lewis

Jeff Lewis
CEO | Hanwha Aviation Read more

Victoria Tozer-Pennington

Victoria Tozer-Pennington
Editor & Founder | Airline Economics Read more

12:05 | Lessor Roundtable

Venue: 3 West Club, New York, USA

Speakers:

Alexander Rasnavad

Alexander Rasnavad
President | Carlyle Aviation Partners Read more

David Houlihan

David Houlihan
President | DAE Capital Read more

James Kelly

James Kelly
Partner, Head of Aviation Finance | KPMG Read more

James Meyler

James Meyler
CEO | ORIX Aviation Read more

Mike Inglese

Mike Inglese
CEO | Aircastle Read more

13:00 | Lunch

Venue: 3 West Club, New York, USA

13:55 | Lessor & Lessee Panel

Venue: 3 West Club, New York, USA

Speakers:

Ran Ackerman

Ran Ackerman
Senior Vice President, Head of Asia and EMEA | MK Aviation Read more

Eli Uziel

Eli Uziel
Managing Director, Fleet Strategy | EL AL Israel Airlines Read more

Robert Korn

Robert Korn
Vice-Chairman and Co-Founder | Carlyle Aviation Partners Read more

14:35 | Airline Market Overview

Venue: 3 West Club, New York, USA

Speakers:

Helane Becker

Helane Becker
Managing Director | HRB Aviation Consultants Read more

14:55 | M&A Panel

Venue: 3 West Club, New York, USA

Speakers:

Paul O'Driscoll

Paul O'Driscoll
Vice President Strategic Consulting | mba Aviation Read more

Rohith Adavikolanu

Rohith Adavikolanu
Managing Director | Citi Read more

Kalash Pandey

Kalash Pandey
Managing Director- Global Head of Transportation Finance | Goldman Sachs Read more

J.T Berndt

J.T Berndt
Managing Director - Leveraged Finance | Natixis CIB Read more

15:25 | Aviation Private Placements

Venue: 3 West Club, New York, USA

Speakers:

Marjan Riggi

Marjan Riggi
Managing Partner | Stage Wing Inc. Read more

Michael Dickson

Michael Dickson
Managing Director | Citi group Read more

Jocelyn Noel

Jocelyn Noel
Partner | Airborne Capital Read more

George Stone

George Stone
Managing Director | Barings Read more

Alexandra Johnson

Alexandra Johnson
Partner | Milbank Read more

16:05 | Airline Fireside chat

Venue: 3 West Club, New York, USA

Speakers:

Clemens Metz

Clemens Metz
Vice President, Treasurer | American Airlines Read more

Marie Ryan

Marie Ryan
Head of Commercial Insights | Avolon Read more

16:25 | Aircraft ABS and the future of aviation securitizations

Venue: 3 West Club, New York, USA

Speakers:

Robert Cassidy

Robert Cassidy
Director | PAFS Ireland Ltd Read more

Kalash Pandey

Kalash Pandey
Managing Director- Global Head of Transportation Finance | Goldman Sachs Read more

Xavier Auge

Xavier Auge
Executive Director, Structured Credit Group | Mizuho Americas Read more

Ian Flood

Ian Flood
CFA, Director | Deutsche Bank Read more

Robert McCarthy

Robert McCarthy
Senior Director | Fitch Ratings Read more

David Evans

David Evans
Chief Executive Officer | Pivotal Corporate Read more

17:05 | Lessor Rating panel

Venue: 3 West Club, New York, USA

Looking more closely at the methodology in a time of changing views

Speakers:

Betsy  Snyder

Betsy Snyder
Independent Senior Adviser | Read more

Ben Schmidt

Ben Schmidt
Senior Director | Fitch Ratings Read more

Annapoorni CS

Annapoorni CS
Director | S&P Global Read more

James (Jimmy) Shi

James (Jimmy) Shi
Senior Director | Egan-Jones Ratings Read more

David Laterza

David Laterza
Senior Vice President, Head of US Non-Bank FIG Global Financial Institutions Group | DBRS Morningstar Read more

17:45 | Chair’s closing remarks & end of conference

Venue: 3 West Club, New York, USA

Speakers:

Ronan Murphy

Ronan Murphy
Director | Alton Aviation Consultancy Read more

en_GBEnglish