SMBC Aviation Capital – Ireland Japan Association

Cpl Resources team wins the IJA Golf Cup in 2022

6th September 2022/in News/by ija

The IJA Annual Golf Outing 2022 tournament took place on 5th September at the beautiful Foxrock Golf Club, Dublin.

We would like to thank all the teams who supported us and participated in the tournament this year, and we send special congratulations to the winners – Cpl Resources team – who came first and won the IJA Ishikawa Cup in 2022!

Stephen Mullin, Cpl Resources, receives the IJA Ishikawa Cup from Raymond Hegarty, IJA Chairperson

1st place – Cpl Resources team
Stephen Mullin
Tom Kennedy
Fionan O’Sullivan
Eoin Greene

Congratulations to 2nd and 3rd place winners:

2nd place – Dillon Eustace team

Paul Breen

Peter Harvey

Darragh Sheehan

David Kavanagh

3rd place – SMBC Aviation Capital team

Tom Tanaka

Tomoo Fukuda

David Swan

Breifne Ryan

Many thanks to all participants of the tournament this year: Dillon Eustace, Mitsubishi Electric, SMBC Aviation Capital, Cpl Resources, Michael Darcy and David Dodd.

We would like to thank IJA Council members and event team who helped to organise this event: Stephen Mullin, Darina Slattery, and Raymond Hegarty.

We would like to thank our prize sponsors, the IJA Council and Cpl Resources, our hosts and team at the Foxrock Golf Club for all the help and support before and during our event, and last but not least – all our event participants who joined us on this day and made it such a great success.

We are looking forward to our Golf Outing 2023 tournament next year!

Raymond Hegarty, IJA Chairperson (left) and Michael Darcy, IJA Individual Member and former Chairperson (right)

Dillon Eustace Team – 2nd place winners

: Stephen Mullin, Cpl Resources, with the IJA Ishikawa Cup

: Cpl Resources – winners of the IJA Ishikawa Cup in 2022

: Cpl Resources – winners of the IJA Ishikawa Cup in 2022

My Career in SMBC Aviation Capital: Tom Tanaka

2nd February 2022/in Business/by ija

Together with UCD Japan and UCD Centre for Japanese Studies we are delighted to invite you to an online webinar ‘My Career in SMBC Aviation Capital: Tom Tanaka’

Fireside Chat with Tom Tanaka, Chairperson of SMBC Aviation Capital and graduate of University of Tokyo (BEng) & University of Pittsburgh (MBA), and Dr Thomas Conlon, Academic Director for the MSc in Aviation Finance in the UCD School of Business.

Date: Thursday, 24 February 2022
Time: 1 – 2.15 PM
Online: Zoom – link will be shared with all registered on Eventbrite
Registration is required: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/my-career-in-smbc-aviation-capital-tickets-256942811867?aff=odclrlmeitc

Guest Speaker:

Tom Tanaka, Chair of SMBC Aviation Capital

Tom Tanaka assumed the position of Chairman of SMBC Aviation Capital in April 2020. Prior to this, he held the position of Deputy Head of the Transportation Business Unit and Corporate officer of Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing (SMFL) in Tokyo. During his career between 1989 and 2019, he has held a variety of roles in Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) across many markets including General Manager, Asia & Pacific/Planning of the Global Advisory Department in Tokyo, General Manager & Country Head in Sydney and General Manager of the Aviation Capital Department in Tokyo. Tom was also a key member of the acquisition team who managed the takeover of SMBC Aviation Capital from RBS in 2012 while he worked as Joint General Manager of SMBC Europe Limited in London. Tom holds a Bachelor of Engineering from the University of Tokyo and an MBA/MS from the University of Pittsburgh where he featured on the Dean’s List.

For more information and to register: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/my-career-in-smbc-aviation-capital-tickets-256942811867?aff=odclrlmeitc

My Career in Aviation Trading | Learning from Living & Working in Japan

2nd February 2022/in Business/by ija

Together with UCD Japan and UCD Centre for Japanese Studies we are delighted to invite you to an online webinar ‘My Career in Aviation Trading – Learning from Living & Working in Japan.’

Panel Discussion on Learning from living and working in Japan / Ireland & intercultural communications in business with SMBC Aviation Capital.

Date: Thursday, 17 February 2022
Time: 1 – 2.15 PM
Online: Zoom – link will be shared with all registered on Eventbrite
Registration is required: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/my-career-in-aviation-trading-learning-from-living-working-in-japan-tickets-256905620627?aff=odclrlmeitc

Guest Speakers (All panel members are currently based in Japan):

Niall Barrett, VP Commercial Negotiation & Execution (UCD BA in Psychology)

Niall is a Vice President in the Commercial Negotiation & Execution Team which oversees the negotiation, co-ordination and project management of the company’s leasing, trading, restructuring, financing and OEM transactions at contract stage through to delivery and closing. Niall is currently based in Tokyo, Japan. Niall joined SMBC Aviation Capital in 2015 and prior to this role was a member of the Credit Risk team. Niall graduated from University College Dublin in 2014 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology, and also holds an MSc in Marketing from the Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School.

Breifne Ryan, VP Aircraft Trading (UCD BSc in Economics & Finance)

Breifne joined SMBC Aviation Capital in 2014, working initially with the Strategic and Market Analysis Team looking at industry trends and values. Breifne then joined the Commercial Analysis and Execution Team in 2016 where his responsibilities included commercial assessment and evaluation of all company transactions including asset acquisition, placement and trading and ensuring that transactions were appropriately priced, hedged and executed. Breifne then joined the Aircraft Trading Team in 2017 and is based in Tokyo. Breifne holds a BSc in Economics and Finance from University College Dublin and is a CFA charterholder.

Mina Takeshita, Analyst Commercial Negotiation & Execution (Hitotsubashi University, BA in Economics)

Mina is an analyst in the Commercial Negotiation & Execution Team which oversees the negotiation, co-ordination and project management of the company’s leasing, trading, restructuring, financing and OEM transactions at contract stage through to delivery and closing. Mina is also responsible for assisting with the insurance function within the team. Mina joined SMBC Aviation Capital as a secondee from SMBC in January 2020 . Prior to joining SMBC Aviation Capital, Mina worked at SMBC in the Corporate Business Office in Tokyo where she was in charge of providing financial solutions including lending, cash management and transaction services to small and medium size enterprises. Mina holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Hitotsubashi University and she also studied at the University of Minnesota on an exchange programme.

For more information and to register: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/my-career-in-aviation-trading-learning-from-living-working-in-japan-tickets-256905620627?aff=odclrlmeitc

What we do in SMBC Aviation Capital | Communications, and its Commitment to Environment and Sustainability

2nd February 2022/in Business/by ija

Together with UCD Japan and UCD Centre for Japanese Studies we are delighted to invite you to an online webinar ‘What we do in SMBC Aviation Capital – Communications, and its Commitment to Environment and Sustainability.’

Panel Discussion on the Aircraft Trading industry and SMBC Aviation Capital.

Date: Thursday, 10 February 2022
Time: 1 – 2.15 PM
Online: Zoom – link will be shared with all registered on Eventbrite
Registration is required: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/what-we-do-in-smbc-aviation-capital-tickets-256865310057?aff=odclrlmeitc

Guest Speakers:

Orla Benson, SVP Communications and The Nest (UCD BA in English & French)

Orla joined SMBC Aviation Capital in 2016 as SVP Communications. She has recently been seconded to the Nest (the company’s innovation hub) to work on a number of sustainability projects and she also sits on the company’s EDI (Equality, Diversity and Inclusion) committee. Orla was previously a Director of a Dublin based public relations consultancy. She holds a BA international degree in French and English from UCD and an MSc in Management and a higher diploma in Business Studies, both from the Smurfit Business School in UCD.

Brian McArdle, SVP Aircraft Trading (UCD BEng in Electronic Engineering)

Brian is based in Dublin and has shared responsibility aircraft trading in the Americas and Europe, as well as responsibility for the GAEL fund within SMBC Aviation Capital. Brian joined the company in 2004 and has been part of the SMBC Aviation Capital Aircraft Trading team since 2010, including 6 years based in Asia with responsibility for growing the company’s Japanese and Asian trading business.

For more information and to register: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/what-we-do-in-smbc-aviation-capital-tickets-256865310057?aff=odclrlmeitc

Mitsubishi Electric team wins IJA Golf Outing Cup 2021

14th September 2021/in News/by ija

The IJA Annual Golf Outing 2021 tournament took place on 13th September at the beautiful Foxrock Golf Club, Dublin.

We would like to thank all the teams who supported us and participated in the tournament, and send special congratulations to the winners – Mitsubishi Electric team who came first and won the IJA Golf Cup 2021 this year with a score of 55.6:

Ciaran Moody
Fergus Daly
Liam Hoctor
Brendan Clarke

Mitsubishi Electric team receiving the IJA Golf Cup 2021 from Raymond Hegarty, IJA Chairperson

Congratulations to 2nd and 3rd place winners:

2nd place – CPL Resources team
Stephen Mullin
TJ Kearns
Fionan O’Sullivan
Tom Kennedy

3rd place – VIOTAS team
Mark Gilsenan
Kevin Brophy
Emeka Chukwureh
Rober Forbes

Many thanks to all the teams who participated in the tournament this year: Dillon Eustace, Mitsubishi Electric, Bank of Ireland, VIOTAS, SMBC Aviation Capital, CPL Resources and A&L Goodbody.

We would like to thank everybody who helped to organize this event: IJA Council members Stephen Mullin, Darina Slattery and Raymond Hegarty, IJA Chairperson.

Big thanks goes to all the teams who sponsored amazing prizes for the prize-giving ceremony.

We are thankful to our hosts at the Foxrock Golf Club for all the help and support before and during our event, and last but not least – our thanks goes to all the participants who joined us on this day and made it such a great success.

We are looking forward to our Golf Outing 2022 next year!