EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN

Raymond Eyre is the founder and Executive Chairman of MONTE. Mr. Eyre has over 30 years’ experience devoted to international and cross-border lease transactions with heavy concentration in the aircraft and industrial technology sectors.

Prior to joining MONTE, he was Managing Director and Head of Bank of America Leasing and Capital International Department for 15 years. He has arranged, structured and managed over US $20bn of aircraft transactions with lessors in multiple jurisdictions including the United States, Japan, Germany, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, Ireland, Sweden, Spain, France and the United Kingdom.

CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

Timothy Eyre is the Chief Operating Office for MONTE. In this role, Timothy is responsible for MONTE’s energy transition strategy, transaction execution and existing portfolio management.

Timothy has 10 years of experience working in the aviation and asset management industry. Prior to joining MONTE, he worked at Macquarie Asset Management where he focused on capital raising and portfolio transactions in relation to their infrastructure strategy.

Timothy has a Masters in Land Economy from the University of Cambridge

HEAD OF INVESTMENT

Rishi Majithia is the Head of Investment for MONTE. Rishi is responsible for debt and equity capital raising, M&A and investor relations.

Rishi has worked on capital raising transactions and M&A for the last 8 years. Prior to joining MONTE, he worked at Zeus Capital as an investment banker, focused on public and private company capital raising, and before that, at Covington & Burling as a corporate lawyer, where he worked on cross border M&A and fundraising transactions.

Rishi has a Masters in Economics & Management from the University of Oxford and an MBA with Distinction from London Business School.

HEAD OF LEGAL

Mr. Castano is the Head of Legal for MONTE where he is responsible for drafting, reviewing, and negotiating aircraft lease and sale agreements alongside the ongoing management of all existing lease portfolio transactions.

David has over 10 years of experience in international asset finance transactions with a particular focus on the aviation sector. Prior to joining MONTE, David was the General Counsel of Vueling Airlines (Spain) where he was in charge of all fleet and financing transactions. Prior to Vueling he also worked for Gestair Group, a private jet operator based in Madrid, Spain as well as for Aergo Capital and SR Technics in Dublin, Ireland.

He has extensive knowledge of the aviation industry and holds a Master’s Degree in International Business Law (Spain), an MsC in Air Transport Management (UK) and an Executive Management Program (Spain). David speaks three languages and has substantial overseas experience.

DIRECTOR - ASIA-PACIFIC

A senior international investment banker with 35 years’ experience, Mr. Frank has specialised primarily in complex leasing and structured finance transactions, as well as project finance. He spent close to 10 years at Bank of America Leasing & Capital Group in Australia, where he was a Managing Director in charge of all aspects of the Bank’s leasing operations in Australia and New Zealand, as well as well as certain Asia-wide responsibilities. He previously held senior positions with ANZ Project and Structured Finance, Citibank and Samuel Montagu’s Australian subsidiary, DBSM (which subsequently evolved into UBS).

He has closed several billion dollars’ worth of transactions for some of the premier Government-owned entities in Australia and New Zealand, as well as for numerous major corporates.

SENIOR FINANCE MANAGER

Marie is the Senior Finance Manager for MONTE, responsible for monthly reporting, budgeting, forecasting and other financial analysis as required.

Prior to joining MONTE, Marie was a finance manager for Ortus Secured Finance, a short term finance lender, responsible for preparing and reporting the UK group consolidation and helping with the implementation of new accounting systems and processes. Marie worked for KPMG Audit for 5 years, three in Dublin and two in New York, working on aircraft leasing and banking clients, such as GECAS, Airbus, ICBC and Barclays.

Marie is a Chartered Accountant and a member of Chartered Accountants Ireland (CAI); and has a Masters of Accounting and a Bachelor of Commerce from University College Dublin.

FINANCIAL CONTROLLER

Gobi is the Financial Controller for MONTE.

He is a qualified Chartered Accountant and a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants & Chartered Global Management Accountants (CIMA & CGMA), Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), and a member of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (CA). He received his Bachelors of Business Administration in Finance (BBA).

Prior to joining MONTE, Gobi was the Assistant Manager at FKT Grant Thornton LLP, ranked Singapore’s top 7 leading Accountancy practices. During this role, he oversaw functions of corporate finance, management reporting, internal audit, external audit & assurance and tax compliance across several sectors such as telecommunication, manufacturing, construction, oil trading, engineering, health care, shipping, airline, public services and charity.

INVESTMENT ASSOCIATE

Abdur Rahman is an MBA Associate at MONTE, where he is focusing on Finance, Strategy, and Corporate Development for the firm’s aviation and maritime strategies.

Before joining Monte, Abdur worked for 3+ at the National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF), a Government of India-anchored fund managing over $4.9 billion. During his time there, he supported the Chief Investment Officer in the development and growth of aircraft leasing and infrastructure debt strategies, supporting the investments and portfolio management, and managing key relationships with the Government of India, regulators, and potential investors and partners, ensuring strategic alignment and facilitating capital development.

Abdur holds a B.A. (Hons) in Economics and a Post-Graduate Diploma from Ashoka University, India, and is currently pursuing his MBA at London Business School, specializing in Finance and Private Capital.