SkyWorks Announces Appointment of New Managing Director to Support Growing Asia Pacific Practice

SkyWorks Holdings today announced the appointment of Colum Carr to serve as Managing Director of SkyWorks. Colum will be based in Hong Kong where he will focus on further development of the SkyWorks Capital Asia platform.

Colum’s background includes extensive leasing, asset finance and capital markets experience across multiple asset classes and in numerous jurisdictions. Working with GPA and GECAS, and later in an advisory capacity, this includes responsibility for the financing of billions of dollars in aircraft.

“Colum brings valuable longstanding relationships from the Asia Pacific arena and decades of experience to our platform” said Thomas W. Mahr, CEO of SkyWorks Holdings. “Colum, together with the recent addition of Benoit Debains to the SkyWorks organization, will substantially bolster our global presence,” said Mahr.

The SkyWorks Companies provide a full complement of financial advisory, aircraft remarketing and portfolio asset management services globally to aviation industry participants. SkyWorks Capital Asia is a joint venture among SkyWorks Capital, Cathay Pacific Airways and Air China Development Corp. (Hong Kong) Ltd. SkyWorks has also partnered with ICF International, a leading provider of consulting services and technology solutions to government and commercial clients, to establish ICF-SkyWorks which offers a comprehensive array of advisory services to airlines, aviation suppliers, manufacturers, and private equity and other financial services firms.

SkyWorks is headquartered at 283 Greenwich Ave., 4th Floor, Greenwich, CT. 06830, Tel. 203-983-6677. www.skyworkscapital.com