Arena Aviation Capital is strengthening its management team as it seeks significant growth in the aviation sector.
Selim Cherif has joined the Arena team as Vice President Aircraft Investment & Leasing.
Selim has held several positions within the aviation industry with a focus on the Regional Aircraft sector. Most recently he was part of Lighthouse Aviation as VP Business Development. Before that, he handled for many years regional aircraft transactions at MDT, a UK based financial services and investment firm. Prior to that he worked as aircraft analyst at Calyon and PK Airfinance.
Patrick Den Elzen, Managing Director of Arena Aviation Capital, commented: “Because we are a full-service asset manager focusing on the complete life cycle of aircraft investments for our Investors, we do all of the origination, financing, risk management, and administration (finance/accounting and legal) of assets.
This means that our team needs to comprise of highly skilled professionals with a versatile range of expertise. Selim is a welcome addition to the team because of his excellent analytical, business development and execution skills. We also believe that with Selim we can now also access the regional aircraft market for our growing investor base.”