Announcing our 2024 HONOREE

PAUL GEANEY

President & Chief Commercial Officer, Avolon

Our 5th Annual New York Business Leaders Breakfast will honor President & Chief Commercial Officer, Avolon, Paul Geaney.

Paul was appointed as Avolon’s Chief Commercial Officer in July 2021, adding the role of President in July 2022. He is responsible for the Commercial Team at Avolon, leading the business’s aircraft origination, marketing, and commercial insights activity. He also leads Avolon’s eVTOL subsidiary Avolon-e and oversees Avolon’s OEM team who manage Avolon’s orderbook and aircraft manufacturer relationships.

Paul was a founding member of the Avolon team in May 2010 in the role of Head of Americas; he was then Head of OEM, and latterly Chief Risk Officer. Before joining Avolon he spent three years with Claret Capital, including a period running one of its aviation-related portfolio companies, before becoming a partner at the firm. Paul began his aviation career in 2002 working for RBS Aviation Capital on its credit and pricing teams and ran RBS’s international corporate jet finance business. A Dublin native, Paul is a graduate of Trinity College Dublin.