Altavair, a UK-based commercial aviation servicer, hired Beng Yip as senior vice president, marketing – Asia Pacific. Yip will be based in Singapore and play a role in driving the growth of Altavair’s managed fleet of leased commercial aircraft in the Asia Pacific region.

Most recently, Yip served as deputy head of Aviation Finance (Americas) for DVB Bank based in New York. He spent close to 10 years at DVB Bank in various roles, including in Singapore, where he contributed to the development of new markets in Asia and the growth of the bank’s commercial aviation platform.

Prior to DVB, Yip worked for the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) and EDB Investments on projects to grow and develop the commercial aviation and leasing industry in Singapore.