Ian Malin joins AJ Walter Aviation as Treasurer and Chief Investment Officer

London, June 2011: Ian Malin will join A J Walter Aviation on 1st July after eleven years in investment banking, having financed several billion dollars worth of aircraft, rolling stock, infrastructure, power and aircraft component assets.

Ian will be responsible for managing AJW’s funding relationships as well as for financial planning, analysis and corporate development going forward. AJW is the leading independent spares supply specialist with a significant global presence and a portfolio of pooling, leasing and sales services across all sectors including aircraft engines, components and consumables.

This appointment is one of several senior management roles that AJW has identified to strengthen and enhance its commercial and business capabilities. AJW’s scale is such that it is poised for continued growth and it is specifically this growth potential that has attracted Ian to AJW. AJW expects the market for its spares supply and management solutions to continue to grow significantly as airlines seek to streamline their MRO activities and reduce asset costs.

Ian Malin has worked in New York, Frankfurt and Hong Kong and brings his global expertise to AJW’s developing international business portfolio. Prior to joining AJW he opened Seabury Group’s Hong Kong office in 2008 and was responsible for investment banking across the Asia Pacific region. Before that he spent eight years with Allco Finance Group having joined from KPMG. Ian Malin has a JD from New York Law School and a BA from Middlebury College.
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