Aircraft asset manager and investment specialist, Stratos, has reported that Michihiro Enomoto has joined its team as Head of Japan. Enomoto brings over 30 years of experience in project and structured finance, having previously worked at MUFG Bank, where he established a successful corporate and investment banking franchise in the Americas, followed by his role as Country Head of India.
Most recently, Enomoto served nearly a decade as Senior Managing Executive Officer at BOT Lease, where he led the alternative investment business division, covering aviation, shipping, real estate and renewables. He holds an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College and an economics degree from Keio University.
Gary Fitzgerald, CEO of Stratos, commented: “With a large portion of our fleet backed by long-term Japanese investors, we are dedicated to strengthening our team in Japan. We are delighted to welcome Mich to lead our Tokyo office, where he will help continue our success in providing institutional and single investors with world-class investment opportunities.”
Founded in 2013, Stratos is a top-ten aircraft asset manager and prominent independent aircraft investment specialist, offering acquisition, re-marketing, servicing, advisory and capital raising services to airlines, lenders and investors in large commercial aircraft.
Stratos holds both, a UK FCA-issued fund licence and a Select Servicer qualification from the rating agency Standard & Poor’s. To date, the company has placed and sourced over 200 new and used aircraft worth over US$7 billion and raised or traded US$4.2 billion of aircraft-backed debt. Stratos manages a fleet of 61 aircraft valued at over US$3 billion.
