Gecas appoints two new heads
Gecas, a commercial aircraft financing and leasing company, has appointed Jonty Nel as Gecas’ EVP commercial – International and John Bordeaux as new chief investment officer. Both will take up their role from April 2020.
Nel will be responsible for building and executing Gecas’ commercial strategies across a number of regions, platforms and teams including Asia-Pacific, MAC, Europe & Canada and Latin American & Caribbean regions, as well as Gecas’ cargo business and airline & fleet strategy team. Nel will also join the Gecas leadership team and will be based in the Dubai (UAE) office.
Bordeaux will be responsible for the various teams that are involved in making the portfolio and investment decisions, namely aircraft trading, commercial operations and portfolio strategy. Having all these under one leader will ensure that Gecas takes a holistic view of the portfolio and buy-hold-sell decisions. (mw)