Our Team

Mr. Murphy has almost 20 years of financial services experience and joined the AV AirFinance platform in August 2022 as CEO, moving from Goshawk Aviation Limited. At Goshawk, he held a number of executive positions, primarily as Head of Corporate Finance with responsibility for Capital Markets and Structured Finance activities, evolving the financing strategy from a start-up to a Top 10 Lessor, including the development of Goshawk’s 3rd party Asset Management Platform. Most recently, Mr. Murphy held a dual role also acting as Head of Airline Marketing, overseeing placement, SLB, and remarketing activities. Previous to Goshawk, Mr. Murphy worked at a number of financial institutions, most recently as a Director with HSBC Bank with responsibility for investing the bank’s balance sheet and developing the coverage model in the aircraft leasing space. Mr. Murphy has a BA in Engineering and MBS both from University College Cork, Ireland.

Mr. Hammar has more than thirteen years of experience from investment analysis to complex cross border transactions. Prior to his role with AV AirFinance, Mr. Hammar served as a senior vice president of Volito Aviation Services, a company he co-founded in 2016 that provided debt origination services for Goldman Sachs among others. He began his career with one of the world’s leading oil majors and quickly advanced to roles within the corporate M&A function. Mr. Hammar holds an MSc in Industrial Engineering and Management from Lund University of Technology.

Ms. McGrath is responsible for the operation side of AV AirFinance overseeing contract management, compliance, accounting, tax reporting, and insurance among others. Ms. McGrath has over 20 years of experience in commercial aviation finance first with Babcock and Brown between 1998 and 2006 and later for BBAM between 2011 and 2019. During her time there, she covered contract and portfolio management responsibilities. In between her time with Babcock and BBAM, Ms. McGrath worked for Hannover Aircraft Leasing as a company director and consultant monitoring tax compliance, preparing financials and overseeing general corporate affairs. More recently, she has worked with WNG Capital as a senior contract manager. Ms. McGrath is a Fellow of the Chartered Certified Accountants (F.C.C.A) and holds a B.A. in Accounting and Finance from Liverpool John Moores University.

Mr. Garcia has over 17 years of experience in aviation and asset finance. Prior to joining AV AirFinance, Mr. Garcia spent three years in MUFG, most recently as Deputy Head of Aviation Finance, APAC. Mr. Garcia transitioned to MUFG when it acquired DVB Bank’s aviation finance business where he served as Senior Vice President. In his roles at both MUFG and DVB Bank, he was responsible for sourcing and structuring finance leases, limited recourse operating lease financings, PDPs, engine financings, and warehouse facilities across a wide range of airline and lessor clients and jurisdictions in the APAC region. Mr. Garcia also held senior roles at Philippine Airlines earlier in his career dealing with banks, aircraft lessors, and OEMs.