Arena Aviation Capital has announced that Shoro Ryu has joined the Arena team as Vice President Business Development.
Shoro has extensive experience within the aviation industry having held several key positions throughout her career, and has developed a particular focus on the mid-life and older aircraft sector. Most recently, Shoro was Director of Business Development at Vallair Solutions. Prior to that, Shoro spent many years with Marubeni Corporation Aerospace Department in Tokyo, Japan, focusing on the Japanese, and Asian aviation market.
“We are a full-service asset manager focusing on the complete life cycle of aircraft investments for our investors, but with a special focus on mid-life to older aircraft,” said Patrick Den Elzen, Managing Director of Arena Aviation Capital. “Alongside the growing interest of Asian investors in our industry in general, we also observe a growing interest by them in our range of services. Shoro is a welcome addition to the team because of her excellent business development and execution skills in the markets that we focus on. Because of her valuable network, we can now further expand our business in the Far East region for our growing investor base.