Victoria Goodenough
Executive Director, Aviation Syndication, Natixis
Victoria is Executive Director, Aviation Syndication EMEA for Natixis. Prior to joining Natixis, Victoria has held aviation positions in banking and fund raising roles with an aircraft lessor and an airline. Victoria was Managing Director, Capital Markets with Avolon from 2010 to 2016 with responsibility for raising debt funding across the capital structure. Victoria was also Capital Markets Manager for easyJet Airline from 2004 to 2008 covering all corporate finance activities. Victoria joined easyJet Airline from Ernst & Young’s Mergers and Acquisitions division focused on transactions with Financial Institutions and Manufacturing clients. Since 2004 Victoria has arranged over US$10 billion in aviation financing including operating leases, senior secured debt, junior debt, ECA financing, PDP financing, unsecured debt, revolving credit facilities and structured solutions including JOLCO. Victoria is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales and author of a series of children’s books.
Lynn Guiney
Head of EMEA, Avolon
Lynn Guiney joined Avolon in July 2016 and is responsible for Origination in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. With over 170 aircraft currently on lease to 60 airlines in the region, Lynn and her team are responsible for managing airline relationships across the region’s three continents, with the principle objective of further expanding the firm’s market presence via new aircraft placements, used aircraft transitions and Sale & Leasebacks.
Prior to joining Avolon, Lynn worked at Standard Chartered Bank as Managing Director in its Aviation Finance division with global remarketing and EMEA origination responsibilities. During her career in aviation finance, Lynn has worked in a variety of roles across the aircraft leasing and finance sectors, including a number of senior origination and management roles at AWAS and SMBC Aviation (formerly RBS Aviation Capital).
A fluent Italian and Spanish speaker, Lynn holds a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Psychology and a Post- Graduate Diploma in Business Studies, both from University College Dublin. She holds a Master of Business Studies from University College Cork (Irish Management Institute).
Fiona McCabe
Head of Investment Management, IDA Ireland
Fiona is Head of the Investment Management sector at IDA Ireland based in Dublin.
She has been working for Ireland’s foreign investment agency for over 10 years where she has responsibility for fostering and developing business from Financial Services companies in Ireland across Funds Servicing, Asset Management, Aircraft Leasing, Private Equity/Non-Bank Finance and Speciality Services. This includes managing the existing portfolio of global multinational clients operating in this sector and attracting new companies to establish in Ireland.
Previously Fiona was on secondment as Deputy Director within the Trade Division of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade where she worked on cross-governmental international trade coordination and strategy.
Prior to that Fiona spent three years developing FDI business for Ireland across Europe within the Technology, Content, Consumer and Business Services sectors based in Paris. During her time there, she sat on the Board of Network Irlande, the premier Franco-Irish business network dedicated to developing trade and investment between France and Ireland. She has also worked on in the Legal Department of IDA Ireland.
Before joining IDA, Fiona worked in recruitment and in a small startup business.
Fiona speaks French and has a degree in Business and Law (2005) from University College Dublin.
Mary O'Neill
Partner, Maples & Calder
Mary is a partner in the asset finance team of the Maples Group, advising on a range of aviation finance transactions. Mary's expertise includes advising financial institutions, investors, operating lessors and airlines in connection with aircraft sales & purchases, operating & finance lease structures, as well as a range of financing solutions, including tax-efficient leasing and export credit agency ("ECA") facilities. Mary joined the Maples Group in 2014 having previously worked at Citibank for a number of years in a commercial capacity advising, among other things, on ECA and US Ex-Im transactions. Mary has a Bachelor's Degree in law from Trinity College, Dublin and a Master's Degree in Law from the University of Cambridge.
Eoin Reddan
Vice President, Marketing, Avolon
Eoin Reddan joined Avolon in September 2016 as a Business Analyst with responsibility for the pricing and structuring of aircraft acquisitions, aircraft sales, placement of aircraft and capital raising. In September 2017 Eoin joined the EMEA origination team focusing on Turkey and the CIS and Baltic regions. Prior to joining Avolon, Eoin had a successful career as a professional rugby player, winning three European Cups and captaining Ireland, Leinster and Wasps along the way.
Eoin Holds an MSc in Financial Services from University College Dublin, achieving a first-class honours. He also holds a Bachelor of Arts in Business Studies from University of Limerick. Eoin is a board member of the Irish Youth Foundation and the National Professional Game Board for Rugby in Ireland.
