David Swan
Chief Operations & Sustainability Officer
David was appointed to the role of Chief Operations & Sustainability Officer in 2023. In this role, he oversees the company’s Strategy, Innovation, Government and Corporate Affairs, ESG, Corporate Communications, Property and Business Support functions. David has held a range of senior roles with SMBC Aviation Capital since 2002 and has been an Executive Director on the Board since 2007. He most recently held the role of Chief Operating Officer, with responsibility for leading the company’s leasing and trading operating platform along with risk and asset management across the business. David has over 30 years of aircraft finance and leasing experience, 5 years of which was based in Hong Kong leading the APAC region for KBC Bank N.V. David has also served on a number of industry, government, charity and educational boards, including ISTAT, Aircraft Leasing Ireland, Financial Services Advisory Committee to the Irish Government, Airlink, Trinity College Dublin, and SMBC Aero Engine Lease. David studied International Business & Economics at Trinity College Dublin and has completed a number of Advanced Management Programs at Harvard and London Business Schools.
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David was appointed to the role of Chief Operations & Sustainability Officer in 2023. In this role, he oversees the company’s Strategy, Innovation, Government and Corporate Affairs, ESG, Corporate Communications, Property and Business Support functions. David has held a range of senior roles with SMBC Aviation Capital since 2002 and has been an Executive Director on the Board since 2007. He most recently held the role of Chief Operating Officer, with responsibility for leading the company’s leasing and trading operating platform along with risk and asset management across the business. David has over 30 years of aircraft finance and leasing experience, 5 years of which was based in Hong Kong leading the APAC region for KBC Bank N.V. David has also served on a number of industry, government, charity and educational boards, including ISTAT, Aircraft Leasing Ireland, Financial Services Advisory Committee to the Irish Government, Airlink, Trinity College Dublin, and SMBC Aero Engine Lease. David studied International Business & Economics at Trinity College Dublin and has completed a number of Advanced Management Programs at Harvard and London Business Schools.