AFG names Tohru Saito VP Sales in Japan

Aircraft Finance Germany (AFG) has announced that Tohru Saito is joining the AFG team as VP Sales in Japan.

Saito has more than 30 years’ experience working for Japan Airlines in various executive roles and across different departments: maintenance, aircraft and engine selection, design and engineering and group fleet planning.

He also worked for GE Aircraft Engines as a seconded employee at the combustion centre of excellence in Cincinnati, Ohio. He later became the managing director of the Association of Air Transport Engineering and adopted aerospace regulations for MROs, flight operations and cabin safety from the FAA and EASA. Saito has also worked closely with IATA and ICAO.