KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 1): Harry Forsythe has been appointed as the deputy chief executive officer (CEO) and chief commercial officer of Asia Aviation Capital Ltd (AACL), AirAsia Bhd’s aircraft leasing unit. AACL said 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 the Asia Pacific and the US. Forsythe was also Macquarie AirFinance’s vice president of marketing for Asia Pacific, where 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. AirAsia group CEO Tan Sri Tony Fernandes said with Forsythe joining AACL, the company has now a great management platform, comprising highly-regarded professionals in the aircraft leasing industry. AACL president and CEO Stephane Daillencourt said Forsythe will be invaluable for developing AACL’s business relationships.

Source: The Edge Markets November 01, 2016 04:40 UTC