Gehan has over 25 years’ experience spearheading the vision, strategy and successful expansion of global businesses, for both start-up and growth organisations.

A pioneer in customer-focused workflow solutions, Gehan drives the creation of innovative, analytical data to help customers improve efficiencies and make smarter business decisions.

Alongside his leading role with Ishka, Gehan is currently non-executive chairman of Briefing Media (backed by Lyceum Capital) and Smart Analyst (backed by Edison Partners and Milestone Venture Partners, USA).

Previously, Gehan was CEO of Ascend, a leading aviation information business backed by Lloyds Development Capital (LDC). During his six-year tenure, the business expanded globally and quadrup led in size, before a successful trade exit to Reed Business Information in 2011.

Gehan started his career at D&B in the USA. He co-founded a software startup in India (now Cognizant Technology Solutions NASDAQ:CTSH), set up a workflow and credit automation business (eccelerate.com sold to AIG) and was co-founder and CEO of Hoover’s Online Europe, sold to D&B in 2005.

He has a Master of International Affairs and MBA degrees from Columbia University (New York, NY) and a BA (honours) from Swarthmore College (Swarthmore, PA).

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Fiona is a dedicated advocate of innovative B2B marketing practices. She applies creative flair to senior marketing management roles to engage, drive awareness and demand for inbound marketing globally.

During her 20-year career, Fiona has been responsible for all aspects of international corporate marketing, developing and leading strategic brand and communication solutions.

Previously, Fiona was Marketing Director at Reed Business Information (RBI), where she led the successful rebranding and re-positioning of two major information brands, following Flightglobal’s acquisition of Ascend in 2011. Prior to her seven year tenure at Ascend, Fiona also held senior marketing positions with Airclaims, PEI Media and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and was a staff writer at Industry and European magazine.

Fiona holds a BA (Hons.) in Transport Management.

Stuart has over 15 years’ experience within the aviation industry.
Prior to joining Ishka, Stuart was Technical Director at Hong Kong Aviation Capital (formerly Allco Finance Group) where he was responsible for the day-to-day technical asset management of the HKAC portfolio, the drafting of technical lease documentation, co-ordinating and managing aircraft valuations and investor reporting, along with analysing trends in the aviation market.  Stuart previously spent seven years as Senior Analyst at Ascend where he provided advisory services to banks, financiers and lessors.

Stuart holds an HND Engineering qualification from the University of Hertfordshire and a BEng (Hons) Aeronautical Engineering from City University, London. 

Siddharth has over seven years’ experience in aviation research and analysis. He has a strong background in airline financial research and strategic analysis and has written many business and credit research reports on airlines and other industries alike. Siddharth is an integral part of Ishka's advisory team responsible for development of Airline Credit Profiles and bespoke aviation consultancy projects.

Siddharth holds a MSc in Finance degree from the University of Edinburgh Business School and a Bachelors degree in Business Studies from the University of Mumbai. As part of his masters’ thesis, he had researched the impact of the US Bankruptcy Code (Chapter 11) on the financial performance of US based airlines.

Noriko has over 15 years’ experience working for international companies in senior sales, marketing and consultancy roles, developing close working relationships and managing strategic accounts within the aviation finance and leasing sectors.
Previously, Noriko was at FlightGlobal/Ascend, managing sales in the Japanese and Korean finance markets, playing an integral role in expanding the company’s N.E. Asia reach.
Noriko’s previous positions include roles at International Data Group and Chiyoda Life Insurance.

Noriko holds a BA (Hons) in English.

Tom joined Ishka in August 2016 from Euromoney, where he managed a large portfolio of events covering trade finance and banking.
Tom is responsible for developing Ishka’s global aviation finance event portfolio, from conception to delivery. He is passionate about applying a fresh and innovative approach to bring the air finance community together and pioneering unique ways of structuring content and events.

Tom holds a 2:1 in Classical Studies and Philosophy from the University of Exeter.

Lewis is an accomplished relationship management and business development specialist, with an unrelenting focus on delivering value for Ishka’s event partners, sponsors and supporters.
Lewis works closely with Ishka’s event production and marketing teams to ensure customers’ critical business challenges and needs are successfully met. Lewis’ previous roles include account management and business development roles at Ascential, Fresh Montgomery and Xperiology.
Lewis holds a 2:1 in English Literature from the University of Manchester.

Harriet joined Ishka in October 2017. Harriet is responsible for researching and producing innovative, cutting edge agendas and securing top-class speakers for Ishka’s international portfolio of events.

Harriet works closely with colleagues in sales and marketing to ensure the ethos of each event is maintained throughout the production process, from initial concept through to delivery.

Harriet’s previous roles include analyst positions with Concentra Analytics and Kantar Worldpanel, where she was responsible for advising clients on marketing and organisational strategy and managing relationships with key stakeholders.

Harriet holds BSC (Hons) 1st class in Economics from Newcastle University

Bianca joined Ishka in August 2017. Bianca manages key relationships with new and existing customers of Ishka’s Insights portfolio, delivering value-driven initiatives for clients and prospects across the globe.

Previously Bianca held sales and account manager roles with GennGlobal and GlobalData.

Bianca holds a BA (Hons) in Production and Transport Management and M. Eng from the Politehnica University of Timisoara.

Laura joined Ishka’s editorial team in September 2018. Laura researches and produces detailed industry analysis and market commentary for Ishka’s Insight reports portfolio.

Prior to Ishka, Laura gained a BA (Hons) in English from Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge and an MA in English from King’s College London. Laura also studied for a year at the Japanese University of Economics, where she became conversational in Japanese.

Eduardo joined Ishka as an analyst in January 2019 after two years in Japan completing a Master’s in Economics at Kyoto University.

Eduardo is responsible for researching and writing Ishka’s Insights reports, from the latest developments in the aircraft leasing market to the implications of regulatory changes around the world.

Before joining Ishka, Eduardo worked as a journalist and country risk analyst in Indonesia for three years. Eduardo holds a Bachelor of Media in Communications and Journalism from the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. He is fluent in English, Spanish and Indonesian.