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Executives Profiles

MALCOLM HOLT MBA FCA - Chairman
Malcolm co-founded Cabot Aviation in 1998, having experienced many years in aircraft trading and leasing. As Chairman of Cabot Aviation he has been involved in a wide variety of aircraft leases, purchase and sales and financings. His early career was as a Chartered Accountant with Ernst and Young and following an MBA at Cranfield in 1977, he moved into financial and commercial management, eventually entering the aviation industry

TONY WHITTY - Chief Executive Officer
Tony co-founded Cabot Aviation in 1998 having graduated from Brighton University in 1988 with an Honours degree in Business Studies and commenced his career in aircraft marketing in 1990. For more than fifteen years Tony has been based in Europe and in the USA and has achieved considerable success in aircraft marketing acting for a variety of airline and financial clients. His experience includes success in many different wide and narrow-bodied jet and regional and commuter turbo-prop aircraft types.


GREG COPE - Senior Vice President
In an aviation industry career spanning over 30 years, Greg has been involved in airport and airline operations as well as the marketing and sales of commercial and corporate aircraft, their engines, components and services for several OEMs including British Aerospace, Raytheon, Fairchild Dornier and Rolls-Royce. Having lived and worked successfully in many parts of the world, Greg brings a wealth of experience to Cabot Aviation and its projects.

 

CHARLEY CLEAVER - Senior Vice President, North America
Charley, Cabot Aviation’s North America representative, has been a lessor, senior officer at engine and airframe manufacturers, and vp/treasurer at the tenth largest US airline since entering the sector in 1985. Having been a seller for aircraft and engine manufacturers, purchaser for a major airline, and structured many different types of aircraft financings around the world, Charley brings valuable experience to Cabot’s clients, from turboprops to widebody aircraft.



MATS ZIEMNIACK - Regional Vice President, Latin America
A Swedish national with a long and far-reaching experience of aviation in Latin America, his industry career covers over 25 years with airlines and leasing companies. Mats has been involved in numerous successful aircraft lease and sale transactions and airline consultancy projects over the years. Being fluent in Spanish plus his knowledge of both operator and lessor/seller requirements in an aircraft business deal are key elements to closing transactions in a professional and timely manner.



VINCENT LAM - Senior Vice President, Asia Pacific
Vincent graduated from Cambridge University in the UK with a Master of Engineering degree. Originally he worked for Deloitte & Touche Consulting before joining Bank of America for six years and later moving to DVB's Structured Asset Finance team in the Netherlands. He joined Standard Chartered Bank in 2005 where he led their aircraft financing and remarketing activities in the Asia Pacific region. Vincent is based in Singapore, speaks fluent Cantonese and is responsible for all Cabot’s activities in the Asia Pacific region.




HOWARD RICHARDSON - Vice President
After his first career as a Navigation/Warfare specialist in the Royal Navy, Howard has been in senior roles in marketing in the British defence industry and latterly in commercial aircraft marketing. Prior to joining Cabot, he started his aviation marketing career with a major remarketing company and worked in their UK and US offices.


TIM DOBSON - Vice President - Financial Products
Tim started his finance career in 1997 with Sector Management Limited as a lease broker and in 2000 joining Alliance & Leicester Commercial Finance plc’s specialist big ticket asset finance front office. Tim has successfully completed aviation facilities including bi-lateral debt, warehouse participations, PDP finance, UK finance leases as well as facility restructures and extensions for regional, narrow-bodied and wide-bodied aircraft. In addition he was also responsible for the on-going management of Alliance & Leicester’s c.USD1.7bn aviation portfolio.


ALEXANDER BABIS - Regional Vice President, Russia and CIS
Originally from Russia, Alex has been based in the UK for the past 16 years. He has worked with regulatory authorities in Russia and other CIS countries, and in the last few years has concentrated on placing wide and narrow body aircraft acting on behalf of both western lessors and Russian airlines. Fluent in Russian Alex brings to Cabot an in-depth knowledge of many operators and financial institutions in Russia and other CIS countries which is extremely useful given the number of western manufactured aircraft being acquired in that region.

 

LATEST PRESS RELEASES

August 2010 – Sale of 1 x Dornier 328-100

July 2010 – Sale of 3 x A300B4-200Fs on behalf of TNT Airways S.A

Decembe
r 2009 – Sale of 3 x B747-400

November 2009 – Sale of 2 x 747-400Fs on behalf of Cargolux

October 2009 – Sale of MD82

September 2009 – Sale of 2 x BAe 146-300s on behalf of KLM cityhopper

August 2009 – Sale of 2 x Fokker F50s on behalf of KLM cityhopper

August 2009 – Sale of 1 x Dornier 328-100

July 2009 – New Appointment: Tim Dobson, Vice President – Financial Products

July 2009 – Sale of Dornier 328-100

July 2009 – Sale of 2 x A320s on behalf of Cyprus Airways

May 2009 – Sale of B737-200A

April 2009 – Sale of B737-300

April 2009 – Sale of 1/7 of B737-200

April 2009 – New Appointment: Vincent Lam, Senior Vice President

March 2009 – New Mandates: 6 x Fokker F50s on behalf on KLM cityhopper & 4 x Dornier 328-100s

February 2009 – Sale of 7 x B737-200 on behalf of Aerotrans Leasing Limited

January 2009 – Sale of 3 x A320s

AIRCRAFT FOR SALE/LEASE

Two B757-200ERs
Contact Tony Whitty

tony@cabotaviation.com

One B737-500
Contact Tony Whitty

tony@cabotaviation.com

One B747-400
Contact Greg Cope

greg@cabotaviation.com

Two A300B4-203F
Contact Howard Richardson
howard@cabotaviation.com

Three A320s
(ex-Cyprus Airways)
Contact Tim Dobson

tim@cabotaviation.com

Three B747-400s
Contact Greg Cope

greg@cabotaviation.com


Two A300B4-200Fs and one A300B4-100F (ex-TNT)
Contact Greg Cope

greg@cabotaviation.com

Two BAe 146-200QTs (ex-TNT)
Contact Greg Cope
greg@cabotaviation.com

Four F50s (ex-KLM Citihopper)
Contact Howard Richardson
howard@cabotaviation.com


Two BAe 125-700B Corporate Jets
Contact Greg Cope
greg@cabotaviation.com


Three B737-200A
Contact Greg Cope
greg@cabotaviation.com