Press Release
Issued by IBA Group.
September 25, 2007
Owing to continued expansion, International Bureau of Aviation (IBA), the Crawley, UK-based independently-owned aviation consultancy has appointed Emmanuel d'Hoop to a new position of Director, Sales & Business Development. Belgian-born Emmanuel joins the company from Fixed Based Operation Encore, having overseen the establishment of FBOs in the group at Dublin, Paris Le Bourget and Nice Airports.
Emmanuel was previously International Director for charter operator and business aviation specialist Euralair of France. He started his aviation career with Jet Aviation some 20 years ago and worked in various flight operations and ground support roles, before eventually becoming sales manager for the Group. His aviation career has also included work with Universal Weather, UVAir and Phoenix Fuel Corporation.
As IBA handles an increasing number of projects and requests from the business aviation sector, much of Emmanuel's time will be spent working closely with Mark Wooller, Head of Consultancy Services and IBA's business aviation activity. Mark joined IBA in 2006 having previously established a commercial and business aviation portfolio for Lombard, part of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group. Both will be visiting the USA's premier business aviation exhibition, at NBAA in Atlanta this week (25-27 September 2007).
"I knew of IBA by reputation and am delighted to join the team to help further expand the Group's activity in corporate aviation, particularly in Europe, the Middle East and the USA," said d'Hoop.
IBA's corporate aviation activity has increased dramatically over the past 12 months with a number of new Banking and Finance Company clients signing up to their business aircraft valuation service. IBA also has a number of new consultancy projects close to fruition and the handling of a sizeable amount of E3 certification work, involving overseas based private jets coming on to the UK register. The company recently lent advice to Merrill Lynch Global Structured Finance & Investment, acting as asset manager on a corporate aircraft secured financing facility. The work involved a large quantity of Cessna jets for a European based operator. IBA was appointed to regularly monitor aircraft utilization and report on various aspects of maintenance and operational compliance. It will provide evaluations to Merrill Lynch on a regular basis.
"Emmanuel's extensive contacts and knowledge of the FBO world will be a terrific asset as we take on more work and new clients coming into the exciting business aviation arena," said IBA Managing Director Phil Seymour.
