Chief Operating Officer
ASL Aviation Holdings

Colin is currently Group Chief Operating Officer within the ASL Aviation Group of companies.  

The group consists of multiple companies including 9 airlines, maintenance facilities and a number of leasing entities. ASL’s airlines operate under their own brands and they also operate passenger and cargo networks on behalf of major international customers including express freight integrators and passenger airlines.  

He has had over twenty years’ experience within the ASL Group and has held various senior management positions including Chief Financial Officer of Air Contractors, Chief Operating Officer at Air Contractors, Chief Financial Officer of ASL Aviation Group and Chief Executive of Air Contractors. He returned to the ASL Aviation Group in 2015 in the position of Chief Executive ASL Airlines Europe and served in that role until August 2020 when he was appointed Chief Operating Officer.  

In this time he has accumulated vast experience within Aviation and aviation finance including his involvement in the introduction of Boeing 737, Boeing 757 and Airbus A320 fleets to the Air Contractors network and in the process adding a significant passenger related activity to what had previously been a cargo focused airline. In managing express and longhaul activities across Europe, Africa, the Far East and to North America he has experience in a wide range of geographical regions and in a variety of aircraft types. 

In his time in the airline financial arena he has developed experience with regards to aircraft leasing, acquisition and finance and mergers and acquisitions activity. He led the transaction team for the acquisition of TNT Airways from TNT immediately prior to the acquisition of TNT by FedEx.  

Prior to joining ASL Aviation Group, Colin was a Senior Manager with Pricewaterhouse, where he specialised in aviation related consulting and audit, together with pharmaceuticals and financial services.