COMMITTED TO A
DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE TEAM
Hilary Dennehy
Head Of Transaction Legal - Americas
Hilary supports Avolon’s legal transactions with customers in the Americas. She has worked at Avolon since 2017 following a secondment from Clifford Chance, London. Hilary qualified as a solicitor in 2013, after completing her traineeship at A&L Goodbody. She enjoys running, sea swimming, and spending time with her two children, Fiadh and Fionn.
Seetal Somasundaran
Financial Controller
Seetal began her career with Avolon in 2017 as a Group Accountant, subsequently progressing to Finance Manager and, most recently, to Financial Controller. Her role involves overseeing the Group and Statutory Reporting responsibilities of the Avolon Group. Prior to working here, she worked at NAMA for 1 year and EY for 7 years, where she qualified as a Chartered Accountant. She enjoys travelling, exotic foods and spending time with her 2 year old daughter.
Michelle Hamm
VP Pricing
Having joined the pricing team in 2021, Michelle is responsible for the commercial, strategic and financial analysis of transactions across placements, sale & leasebacks, remarketing, restructurings, trading and OEM. Michelle joined Avolon in 2018, prior to which she worked in PwC Tax, focusing specifically on the aircraft leasing industry. She is a Chartered Accountant and a member of the Irish Tax Institute. Outside of the day job, Michelle enjoys playing with Avolon’s basketball and tag rugby teams and loves to watch a good musical at the theatre.
Estelle Janer
SVP OEM
As SVP OEM, Estelle is responsible for leading relationships with Airframe OEM and managing the OEM Contracts team for all OEM contracts (engine and airframe). Estelle joined Avolon’s OEM team in April 2017 as part of the acquisition of CIT Aerospace. Estelle was previously a Senior Counsel at Airbus S.A.S., providing legal support to various teams in their commercial division. She enjoys running and hiking, and loves listening to music (anything but reggae).
Felipe Campos
Chief Operating Officer and D&I Steerco Committee member
“Driving greater diversity in Avolon is a core priority for the senior management team, and these stories are an example of the growing female talent in the business. We know that we are on a journey but the future looks bright. Through supporting our broader diversity & inclusion agenda I am confident we can ensure further progress whether that be on gender equality, LGBTQIA+ initiatives, or attracting talent from a wider variety of cultures and backgrounds.”
Ciara Ruane
Chief People Officer
“I’m incredibly proud of the future female leaders we are developing in the business. Through our leadership development programme – Accelerate – we are building our talent pipeline of women. ‘Fuelled by Ambition, Strengthened by Diversity, United by Inclusion’ is our D&I vision statement, and aligns us around a goal of ensuring that everyone at Avolon can bring their true selves to work, every day.”
Gender Equality
WOMEN IN SENIOR LEADERSHIP
Avolon is delighted to be a supporter of the 30% Club, working alongside companies and organisations that want to see a minimum of 30% Gender Balance at all senior decision-making levels. Promoting gender diversity is a core priority at Avolon that we seek to support through how we hire, promote and train our team.
We are excited to work alongside the membership of the 30% Club to learn more about how we can ensure we activate, influence and enable change.
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