Ireland 2015
Chief Legal Officer | SMBC Aviation Capital
Catharine Ennis
Chief Legal Officer | SMBC Aviation Capital
Chief legal officer | SMBC Aviation Capital
Owned by a group of major Japanese financial organisations (Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC), Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Company Limited and Sumitomo Corporation) the scale of SMBC Aviation Capital’s...
As an executive director of Dublin-based aircraft leasing giant SMBC Aviation Capital, Catharine Ennis supported one of the largest deals in Irish corporate history. This occurred in 2012 when Japan’s second largest bank, Sumitomo Mitsui, purchased the company from RBS for over $7.3bn. In 2015 the company posted a record operating profits, signalling Ennis remains at the legal helm of a steady ship, despite this change of ownership. A national success story, SMBC shows true faith in Ennis, who is a central business decision maker, both as global legal head and executive director.
