ABL Aviation, a global independent aircraft asset management firm, promoted Eileen O’Donnell to the role of CFO from her role as financial director. Based in ABL Aviation’s Dublin office, O’Donnell will oversee the firm’s accounting, treasury, reporting and budgeting. In addition, her team will be responsible for managing relationships with lessees’ finance teams to ensure the smooth running of the lease management processes in coordination with the ABL Aviation’s in-house technical experts and commercial professionals.
O’Donnell is a certified public accountant and previously worked at the Maples Group, where she was responsible for preparing management accounts and financial statements for a portfolio of aircraft leasing special purpose vehicles, as well as for the accounting management of a startup airline in advance of the receipt of its airline operator certificate. Prior to this role, she held the position of finance manager at AerSale Aviation, where she managed individual Irish special purpose vehicles and was responsible for financial reporting, budgeting, auditing, compliance and group consolidation.
“The promotion of Eileen underlines the strength of our leadership team and further solidifies our position as a leading independent and global full-service aircraft asset manager,” Ali Ben Lmadani, CEO of ABL Aviation, said. “Eileen embeds our core values and has the experience, leadership qualities and deep industry expertise to excel in her role as a finance leader. I am confident her distinguished and impressive background in aviation finance will be a beneficial resource to our stakeholders and will make a significant positive contribution to our company’s development as the No. 1 choice asset manager for investors.”
“I am looking forward to helping ABL Aviation achieve its vision to be the best-in-class asset manager and scale up its operations globally,” O’Donnell said. “I have always admired the work ethic of the ABL Corporation team and their ability to build a global network and platform that puts the investors’ interests as the No. 1 priority while maintaining its independence. I am excited to be part of this dynamic team and help lead it through its continued growth.”
