Asia Aviation Capital Appoints Deputy CEO and CCO

Asia Aviation Capital, AirAsia Berhad’s aircraft leasing unit, has appointed Harry Forsythe as Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Chief Commercial Officer.

Forsythe, a British and Australian dual citizen, has comprehensive knowledge of aircraft leasing with over 30 years of global expertise in sales and marketing across dry and wet leasing, sale-and-leaseback and aircraft sales in Asia Pacific and the US.

He was most recently Managing Director of dotAero, which provides representation and access to expertise and solutions in aircraft remarketing, lease transactions, sales, sale-and-leasebacks, asset management and aircraft acquisitions.

Before joining dotAero in December 2015, Forsythe was Executive Vice President of Marketing at Macquarie AirFinance, heading the marketing team with responsibility for the company's airline relationships globally.

Prior to that, as Macquarie AirFinance Vice President of Marketing for Asia Pacific, he established the Asia Pacific regional office in Singapore, with sales responsibility for Australia, New Zealand, Southwest Pacific, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, Japan, Korea and Malaysia.

Forsythe has also held senior roles at AWAS and also worked at Saab Aircraft and Bombardier in technical and sales capacities.

He holds an engineering diploma from Ulster College in Northern Ireland, UK.

Asia Aviation Capital President and Chief Executive Officer, Stephane Daillencourt, said, "We are delighted to welcome Harry to the team. He has more than three decades of experience in marketing aircraft in Asia, Australia and the US and brings with him a comprehensive knowledge of the dynamics and drivers of aircraft leasing and extensive range of high-level contacts in airlines, lessors and OEMs. He will be invaluable for developing AACL's business relationships." 

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