Committee Members
James McCarthy
Elected 2018
James McCarthy is Head of Trading and Origination at Dynam Aviation and is responsible for managing acquisitions, aircraft trading and business development. Previously he was a Senior Director at Boeing… Read more »
Charles Paterson
Elected 2025
Charles Paterson has been involved in aviation and worked in aircraft acquisitions, trading, and remarketing for over 15 years. Starting in the industry as a qualified pilot, Charles transitioned into… Read more »
Sarah Owen – Chairman of the Forum Working Group
Elected April 2024
Sarah is a well known figure in UK aviation with over twenty years experience within the Airline, Airport, OEM, MRO, IT, Government and Public sectors. Her career took flight at… Read more »
Mark Atherley
Elected 2024
Mark Atherley has been involved in aviation for over thirty years, flying both Boeing and Airbus aircraft during his career. He has over 17,000 hours of commercial flying experience including… Read more »
Tony Whitty – Chairman
Elected in 2018
Tony started his career in aircraft remarketing in 1990. Tony has been based both in Europe and the USA and has achieved considerable success in aircraft remarketing on behalf of… Read more »
Arnaud Fiscel – Treasurer
Elected in 2018
Arnaud Fiscel is Head of Transportation at Bank of China in London, where he offers corporate, infrastructure and asset-based solutions for the Aviation, Maritime and Rail sectors. Inspired by a… Read more »
Viktor Berta
Elected in 2023
Viktor Berta brings over 10 years of structured aviation finance, advisory and investment management experience gained at 3 renowned European aviation lenders and a Middle-Eastern aviation consulting firm. His strengths… Read more »
Jack Sosnierz
Elected in 2023
Jack started his career in aviation in the 1990s and has been based in the UK, mainland Europe, USA, MEA and APAC, achieving considerable success in sales and account management… Read more »
Michael Halaby
Elected April 2022
Michael Halaby has 20+ years of providing strategic funding advice to C-suite executives in the aviation, automotive and financial institution sectors on accessing the US$ and international bond, secured bank… Read more »
Gwen Edwards – Chair of YAP Working Group
Elected 2022
Gwen Edwards is a partner in the Aircraft Finance team at CMS, specialising in debt financing and leasing of commercial and corporate aircraft. Gwen acts for a mix of lenders, lessors,… Read more »
Max Kingsley-Jones – Chair of Speaker Working Group
Elected in 2023
Max Kingsley-Jones, who has spent over three decades in the commercial aviation industry, joined the senior advisory team at aviation consultancy Ascend by Cirium in September 2020. Between 2015 and… Read more »
Philip Tozer-Pennington
Elected 2019
Philip Tozer-Pennington is the Managing Director of Aviation News Ltd, which has been serving the commercial aviation sector for over eight years now with news services, magazines/journals, conferences and exhibitions…. Read more »
Graeme Shanks
Elected 2025
Graeme has over seventeen years’ experience in the business and commercial aviation sectors and first joined The Aviation Club in 2007. Graeme currently serves as Head of Marketing for UK-based aircraft… Read more »
Karl Brünjes – Immediate Past Chairman
Elected Chairman 2018
Karl Brünjes has been involved in the trading, financing and management of commercial aircraft since 1990. Karl has held senior positions at Fortis Aviation Group, IBA Group, Republic Financial and… Read more »
