SkyWorks Announces Appointment of New Managing Director for Asia Pacific Region

Greenwich, CT. March 5, 2013—SkyWorks Holdings today announced the appointment of Mathis Shinnick to serve as Managing Director of SkyWorks and eventual head for Asia Pacific Region. Mathis will be based in Hong Kong where he will focus on further development of the SkyWorks Capital Asia platform. Mathis has spent his career in Aviation and Aerospace leadership roles managing leasing, merchant banking and investment banking entities. His experience includes corporate finance advisory buy- and sell-side assignments, debt and equity placements, structured asset finance, transportation asset equity funds and lease finance.

Prior to joining SkyWorks, Mathis was the CEO of Hong Kong Aviation Capital (HKAC) and President of HNA Group International Headquarter (Hong Kong) Co Ltd., a transportation investment and leasing entity based in Hong Kong. Mathis was recruited to HKAC from his role as Global Head and Executive Vice President of the global transportation business of HSH Nordbank AG based in Hamburg, Germany. Prior to joining HSH Nordbank, he founded and managed the Aerospace & Defense M&A practice for Deloitte & Touche Corporate Finance based in New York. Mathis spent 20 years in investment banking before Deloitte, at Chase Securities where he was the Head of Aerospace & Defense and responsible for the team undertaking investment banking and corporate finance activities in the sector.

Mathis will transition into the role of the head of SkyWorks Capital Asia in preparation for and upon Colum Carr’s transition to SkyWorks’ US Headquarters later this year. Colum has recently been appointed to the Board of SkyWorks Capital Asia and will remain closely involved with SkyWorks’ interests in Asia following his return to the US.

In addition, Ian McBain, who had been based in Hong Kong at SkyWorks Capital Asia, has relocated to Europe where in addition to serving Asia he will be dedicating an increased focus on developing SkyWorks’ broader platform. Ian will also remain on the Board of SkyWorks Capital Asia.

“We are excited to have Mathis onboard. His many years of valuable industry experience, including previous experience in the Asia Pacific region, will greatly benefit our clients both within the region and elsewhere” said Tom Mahr, CEO of SkyWorks Holdings. “We are very pleased with the successes and growth driven by Colum and the team, and look forward to Colum’s continued participation in SkyWorks on a more global scale.”

“We are also grateful for the relationships that Ian has strengthened in Asia and look forward to his continued contribution to our platform,” said Mahr. “We respect the many relationships SkyWorks has developed in Asia and are pleased to be in a position to maintain them through the continued involvement of Ian and Colum in the region.”

The SkyWorks Companies are a boutique aviation advisory firm with offices in Greenwich, USA and Hong Kong, China, specializing in providing financial, commercial and technical advisory services; and asset management and airline consulting services to a wide range of global airline, financial and lessor investor clients. SkyWorks Capital Asia Ltd. is a joint venture among SkyWorks Capital, Cathay Pacific Airways and Air China Development Corp. (Hong Kong) Ltd.