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Natixis CIB appoints Saburo Koyama as head of aviation finance in Japan

He set up the Marubeni Corp’s first aircraft leasing arm, MD Aviation Capital. 

Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking (Natixis CIB) has appointed Saburo Koyama as head of aviation finance, Japan.

Koyama will report to Mariko Nakamura, head of business division, Natixis Tokyo Branch, and Charles Zhou, head of aviation finance, Asia Pacific. 

Koyama is in charge of growing Natixis CIB’s aviation finance business in Japan.

He brings more than 25 years of aviation sector experience to this role, according to Natixis CIB. He has previously worked for Marubeni Corporation, where he was most recently the deputy director for Aerospace and Defense. 

During his time in Marubeni, he set up the company’s first aircraft leasing arm, MD Aviation Capital. 

He also made the initial acquisition of shares of Aircastle; and established the JOL/JOLCO business at iStrings Aviation Capital where he acted as founder and CEO.

Koyama began his career at ANA Trading, a wholly owned subsidiary of All Nippon Airways.

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