Sin Jin Lim and Tom Gathercole will be joining Aircastle‘s airline coverage team in January 2017 and will be based in Singapore and Dublin, respectively.

Lim brings 20 years of experience in the aircraft leasing industry to Aircastle. Prior to joining Aircastle, he worked with GECAS.

Gathercole joins Aircastle from Avolon, where he was a lawyer and had commercial negotiation experience and transaction execution responsibilities throughout the Europe, Middle East and Africa region.

Conor Stafford, Aircastle’s EVP of Leasing, said, “I’m delighted to welcome Sin Jin and Tom to the Aircastle team. They bring energy, innovation and a strong skill set to bear on our lease placement and new investment activities, and I’m confident they will expand our capabilities and reach in Asia and the EMEA regions.”

Aircastle acquires, leases and sells commercial jet aircraft to airlines throughout the world. As of September 30, 2016, it owned and managed 186 aircraft leased to 65 customers located in 35 countries.