DUBLIN 2020

8.00 Registration and networking breakfast

8.55 Chairperson’s opening remarks    

James Kelly, Partner, KPMG 

9.00 Opening keynote interview   

John Slattery, President & Chief Executive Officer, Embraer Commercial Aviation
Interviewed by: Laura Mueller, Managing Director, Airfinance Journal

9.30 The last 40 years of aviation finance: The evolution of investment banking

Greg Lee, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs

10.00 Will a fragmented European airline market maintain profitability in 2020?

Structurally, the European airline market is significantly more fragmented than in North America, with more than half the continent’s profits being generated by the “Big Four”. Hear from the leaders of some of Europe’s most successful airlines give a rare insight into the fleet and financing strategies that keep them ahead of the competition.

Torbjorn Wist, Chief Financial Officer, SAS Airlines
Iain Wetherall, Chief Financial Officer, Wizz Air
Raffael Quintas Alves, Chief Financial Officer, TAP Air Portugal
Steve Gunning, Chief Financial Officer, International Airlines Group
Moderated by: Steven Udvar-Hazy, Executive Chairman, Air Lease Corporation

10.50 Morning networking break & refreshments

11.20 Is aircraft leasing now a low margin business?

• A substantial increase in competition in the operating leasing space have driven margins for lessors lower, is this to be considered the new normal?
• Will contract terms previously considered imperative to lessors continue to erode?
• How well positioned are aircraft lessors to weather more challenging macro-economic factors such as rising fuel prices and interest rates?

Firoz Tarapore, Chief Executive Officer, DAE Capital
Hani Kuzbari, Managing Director, Novus Aviation Capital
Paul Sheridan, Chief Executive Officer, AMCK Aviation
Patrick Hannigan, President & Chief Commercial Officer, CDB Aviation
Michael Inglese, Chief Executive Officer, Director, Aircastle
Moderated by: Kevin Butler, Managing Director, TMF Group

12.00 The launch of Skytra – an Airbus Company

Elise Weber, Chief Sales & Marketing Officer, Skytra 
Matthew Tringham, Chief Strategy & Product Officer, Skytra 

12.30 Airfinance Journal & CDB Aviation Scholarship presentation

12.40 Networking lunch

14.10 Financing the fleets of the future – which structures will dominate 2020?

• Airline profitability has been under pressure across the board in 2019, with cost of fuel and capital increasing – how will airline treasuries counteract these trends?
• Which financing solutions vary across differing airline business models?
• Which assets are likely to be in high demand in 2020?

Pierre Houle, Managing Director, Treasurer, Air Canada
Meghan Montana, Managing Director, Assistant Treasurer American Airlines
Edward McGarvey, Senior Vice President, Treasurer, Atlas Air Worldwide
Christine Rovelli, Vice President, Group Treasurer, Finnair
Joelmir Baumgratz, Treasurer, Azul Brazilian Airlines
Moderated by: Justin Benson, Partner, White & Case LLP

14.50 Inclusion and sustainability – a synergistic framework for the next 40 years

This groundbreaking discussion will explore the convergence of inclusion and sustainability as essential elements of the aviation industry’s continued future success. The workforce of tomorrow will be increasingly multi-faceted – Gen Z and beyond, LGBTQ, a rainbow of cultures, belief systems and ethnicities. This cohort prizes individual expression and social impact over the accumulation of material wealth. To attract the best innovative thinkers of tomorrow and ensure the long-term health of the sector, aviation enterprises must fully embrace ESG, not as a necessary evil, but rather, as a core competency. And to retain this hard-fought talent, we must create inclusive workplaces that nurture creativity and the free flow of ideas, and fully harness the power of diverse thought.

Daire Keogh, Deputy President, City University Dublin
Mayank Bhatnagar, Senior Vice President, Human Resources, GECAS
Jack O’Connor, Youth Delegate, Ireland, United Nations
Clare Scherrer, Partner, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs
Moderated by: Amelia Anderson, Co-Founder & President, AWAR

15.40 Afternoon networking break & refreshments

16.00 Pilarski says…drink!

Back by ever popular demand, hear one of the industry’s most prominent & respected economists give his forecast on the industry’s future and what headwinds we ought to be cognisant of – in his trademark entertaining style.

Adam Pilarski, Senior Vice President, AVITAS

16.30 Lessor CEO Interviews

Hear the CEO’s of the world’s most influential leasing companies discuss what they see as the future of aviation finance and their strategies for achieving it.

Greg Conlon, President & Chief Executive Officer, GECAS
Interviewed by: Greg Lee, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs

John Plueger, Chief Executive Officer & President, Air Lease Corporation
Interviewed by: Laura Mueller, Managing Director, Airfinance Journal

Aengus Kelly, Chief Executive Officer, AerCap
Interviewed by: Oliver Clark, Editor, Airfinance Journal

Domhnal Slattery, Chief Executive Officer, Avolon
Interviewed by: Olivier Bonnassies, Managing Editor, Airfinance Journal

17.50 Chairperson’s closing remarks

James Kelly, Partner, KPMG

17.55 40th anniversary celebratory drinks reception

08.00 Morning networking & refreshments

09.05 Chairperson’s opening remarks   

Laura Mueller, Managing Director, Airfinance Journal 

09.10 Is the aircraft finance industry overfunded?  

For a number of years now the amount of capital chasing deals in the aircraft finance space has been steadily increasing, along with the number of individual entities involved, and sources of capital. What impact has this had on the industry more broadly and what ought to be done about it?

Andy Cronin, Chief Financial Officer, Avolon
Keith Helming, Senior Adviser, BOCOMM Leasing
Le Luo, Head of Sales, Ireland, CMB Financial Leasing Co. , Ltd  
Andy Mansell, Co-Founder, Split Rock Aviation
Moderated by: Kieran O’Brien, Partner, KPMG

9.50 Volaris continues to bear the standard for Latin American LCCs

Hear Volaris’ Chief Financial Officer, Sonia Jerez Burdeus, deliver a presentation about Volaris’ financial strategy moving forward, which structures make sense to help fund new aircraft deliveries and where she sees the state of the Mexican market for airlines.

Sonia Jerez Burdeus, Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, Volaris

10.20 Making the aviation industry environmentally sustainable

Phil Seymour, Chief Executive Officer, IBA Aviation Group
Paul Jebely, Partner, Pillsbury, Winthrop & Shaw LLP
Hugo Kanter, Managing Director, Global Head of Aviation Finance, Head of Transport Finance ING Wholesale Banking
Moderated by: Andy Mansell, Co-Founder, Split Rock Aviation

11.00 Morning networking break & refreshments

11.20 Has the aircraft ABS product gone mainstream?

• Why has the proportion of E-notes in ABS deals increased and what are the implications for issuers and investors?
• How have issuers and arrangers managed to achieve increasingly investor friendly debt structures?
• How strongly has the secondary market developed and what is the outlook for 2020?

Radha Tilton, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs
Giyora Eiger, Vice President, Senior Credit Officer, Moody’s Investor Services
Mary Kane, Managing Director, Head of ABS Research, Citi
Moderated by: Catherine Duffy, Partner, Finance, A&L Goodbody

12.00 Global Aircraft Trading System – preparing to go live

Daniel da Silva, Vice President, Strategic and Regulatory Policy, Boeing Capital
David Walton, Chief Operating Officer, BOC Aviation
Tom Woods, Partner, Head of Tax and Legal Services, KPMG
David Swan, Chief Operating Officer, SMBC Aviation Capital
Moderated by: Jeffrey Wool, Secretary General, Aviation Working Group

12.40 CFM Closing keynote

Christophe Poulain, Vice President, Commercial Strategy, CFM

13.10 Chairperson’s closing remarks

13.15 Networking lunch and close of conference